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The Occupational Risk of Cancer: Will Florida Take Care of Its Firefighters?
Senator Jack Latvala of Clearwater has sponsored Senate Bill 158 providing that any full-time firefighter with certain types of cancer (myeloma, ...
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Some Assembly (Still) Required: Wal-mart Faces Class Action Suit
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is being accused of sloppy work in assembling bikes for sale and purchased in its stores. A lawsuit was initiated earlier this ...
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Statute of Limitations in Personal Injury Cases: Four Years To Bring A Claim, But When Does Time Start Ticking?
A statute of limitations is the time within which one has to bring a claim/law suit against another party. The time is different for different types ...
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National Institute of Health: A Focus on Dementia
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institute of Health under the U.S. Department of Health ...
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Occupational Safety and Health: Employee Whistleblower Protection in Florida
In 1970, the federal government passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) for the purpose of assuring “safe and healthful working ...
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Does Florida Still Offer Re-employment Services for Injured Workers?
Most injuries on the job are relatively minor and do not interfere with a worker’s ability to return to the same or similar employment. Less often, ...
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Offers of Judgment in Personal Injury Cases: Florida Supreme Court Clears Up Confusion Surrounding Offers of Judgment
On October 20, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court decided the case of Kuhajda v. Borden Dairy Co. of Alabama, LLC involving an offer of judgment made by ...
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The Use of Video Teleconferencing for Hearings in Social Security Disability Cases
The Social Security Administration has an entire brochure dedicated to the reason why an applicant for disability should have a video teleconference ...
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