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Justia Legal Resources: Workers’ Compensation Law Center

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The workerscompensation system aims to address these concerns by providing reimbursement for medical costs and partial replacement for lost wages. Still, pursuing workerscompensation is not always straightforward. The WorkersCompensation Law Center at Justia provides insights on how the process unfolds.

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Justia Legal Resources: Workers’ Compensation Law Center

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Even with legal protections in place for workers, accidents remain an inescapable risk in many industries. Each state has established a workerscompensation program that provides coverage for injuries or illnesses on the job, regardless of fault. One of these involves reporting the injury to the employer.

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Justia Legal Resources: Truck Accidents Legal Center

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Some potential forms of evidence in a truck accident case may include the police report on the accident, photos of the vehicles and the accident scene, information from the event data recorder (black box) in the truck, medical records, hospital bills, and pay stubs. For example, workers compensation does not account for pain and suffering.

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Justia Legal Resources: Insurance Law Center

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Covered events usually include fires , explosions, theft, and vandalism, as well as ordinary water and wind damage. However, these policies generally do not cover events like floods , mudslides, hurricanes, and earthquakes. A business also likely will need to get workerscompensation insurance and unemployment insurance.

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Justia Legal Resources: Personal Injury Law Center

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Many of these events could have been foreseen and avoided. When a victim suffers preventable harm, they usually can bring a claim or lawsuit for compensation. Workerscompensation is usually the sole remedy of an injured employee against their employer, a supervisor, or a coworker.

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Justia Legal Resources: Small Business Legal Center

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Business interruption insurance can account for losses caused by certain events that interrupt business operations. If you hire employees, your state generally will require you to get workers compensation insurance (or be self-insured) for injuries and illnesses that employees suffer on the job.

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Continuing Legal Education for Paralegals

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While a CLE is not expressly a networking event, you can always keep in touch with those you make some connection with during the class. Moreover, many networking events and conferences, such as the Clio Cloud Conference , offer CLE-eligible sessions. Paralegals should not ignore the potential for business development with networking.