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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. Certain agricultural and domestic workers may be exempt, for example.)

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Justia Legal Resources: Insurance Law Center

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The Insurance Law Center in the Justia Legal Guides covers areas such as life insurance, auto insurance, homeowners’ insurance, health insurance, and business insurance. The law also requires an employer with 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance to them.

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Justia Legal Resources: Truck Accidents Legal Center

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Before going deep into the process of filing a claim or lawsuit, an accident victim or their family may want to learn about some of the key laws and regulations in this area. This means that the first settlement offer may not properly compensate a victim. For example, workers compensation does not account for pain and suffering.

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Justia Legal Resources: Personal Injury Law Center

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The Personal Injury Law Center provided by Justia outlines this area of the law. Workerscompensation is usually the sole remedy of an injured employee against their employer, a supervisor, or a coworker. Justia provides a 50-state survey discussing dram shop laws and some related statutes and cases.

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Justia Ask A Lawyer by the Numbers: Fourth Quarter 2022

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Justia’s mission is to make the law free and accessible to all. While the Justia Ask A Lawyer forum receives questions from across each of the available practice areas, these five practice areas were the most popular in the fourth quarter of 2022: criminal law , family law , real estate law , landlord-tenant law , and divorce.

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Justia Legal Resources: Small Business Legal Center

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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. Some people also may find it a hassle to comply with the strict requirements under state law for starting and operating a corporation.

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