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Justia Legal Resources: Workers’ Compensation Law Center

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In 1877, the Massachusetts legislature passed the nation’s first factory safety bill, setting an example that other industrial states followed. Even with legal protections in place for workers, accidents remain an inescapable risk in many industries. Certain agricultural and domestic workers may be exempt, for example.)

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50 Legal Guides to Help Americans Understand Their Rights

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Some of them contain 50-state surveys that track variations in state laws on a key issue. Family Law Matters involving domestic relations tend to have high stakes, financially and emotionally. Like other medical malpractice cases, birth injury lawsuits usually require expert testimony and affidavits of merit.