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Robert Palmer
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New York State Certificate of Relief from Disiabilities for Convicts

15th June 2010
The general purpose of obtaining a Certificate of Relief from Disabilities ("Certificate") in New York is for employment purposes. The Certificate restores some of the rights that automatically forfeited due to a felony conviction - it relives the holder ...
Legal

Minnesota's Ignition Interlock Program

24th May 2010
Minnesotans arrested for driving while impaired (DWI) will now be required to have an alcohol ignition interlock installed on their vehicle to reduce the revocation period. This is an additional costly consequence for DWI offenders. Its greatest negative ...
Personal Injury

The long term impact of a brain injury

28th April 2010
The long-term effects of a traumatic brain injury can be almost impossible to predict. Neuroscience is only just beginning to learn about the complexities of the human brain and how damage to certain parts of it can effect a patient's long term health. Bo...
Personal Injury

The long road to recovery - why spinal injuries need long-term care

28th April 2010
Coping with a spinal injury is often a case of ensuring the patient has both immediate care for the initial injury, and then a more long-term plan of rehabilitation, treatment and therapy to cope with the ongoing effects. Any impact violent enough to caus...
Personal Injury

Varied Accidents at Work

15th April 2010
Personal injury cases may come as a result of work place injuries. These work place injuries may be varied in type and severity. They may produce a varied amount of pain for the employee. At the most extreme, death may occur. The causes of these work pla...
Personal Injury

Limitations for Personal Injury Claims

15th April 2010
One of the most difficult things in life is dealing with a personal injury, especially one caused by using something one thought to be safe. The law literature is full of stories. People buying furniture, for example. In one case, a man in his 60s bought ...
Employment Law

Adopt Safe Practices at Work

15th April 2010
Injuries at the workplace happen unexpectedly and can be a painful experience. It can leave you jobless, dependent on miniscule amounts of compensatory payments and cause you immense hardship. Workplace injury can happen to anyone, regardless of the indus...
Personal Injury

Time Limits on Head Injury Claims

15th April 2010
When you have been the victim of a head injury due to someone else's negligence, the law contains provisions under which you are entitled to just compensation. These claims must be made through a licensed solicitor, typically one specializing in his area....
Personal Injury

Preventing a Head Injury

13th April 2010
Aside from fatality, brain damage and serious head injury are some of the biggest risks that people take when they choose to ride motorbikes on the road. Although bikes are much more dangerous than cars or other automotive vehicles, there are a large numb...
Personal Injury

Motorbike Accident Compensation Claims

13th April 2010
As is the case with any road traffic accident, there can easily be a compensation claim made if the victim of a motorbike accident is injured in some way. If the biker is injured and it was completely not their fault, they may be able to make a claim for ...
Bankruptcy Law

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Modification Scams on the Rise Warns Chicago Bankruptcy Lawyer Richard

18th March 2010
Richard G. Fonfrias, J.D. of Fonfrias Law Group, LLC (http://www.chicagomoneylawyer.com), a leading Illinois bankruptcy law firm, urges consumers seeking financial help in these difficult times to proceed with extreme caution. "Debt settlement scams and m...
Legal

Ontario Law Firm Urges Implementation of Ignition Interlock Program in Ontario

15th February 2010
In the provinces where it is in place, the Ignition Interlock Program has proven successful in reducing the number of repeat impaired driving offences. For persons convicted of drinking and driving offences it can reduce the hardship, especially for those...
Legal

There is No Such Thing as an Accident

12th November 2009
There was a saying that 'there was no such thing as an accident'. Of course to some people this might seem a little bit unfair, because so many of us have had an accident of some sort. Basically the crux of this statement is that in most cases, an acciden...
Legal

How to avoid accidents at work

17th March 2009
Nobody wants to become injured or hurt at work or at home, but the fact is that accidents can happen anywhere and to anyone. So how can you avoid yourself, or others becoming injured? The truth is you can't. People who become victims of accidents can fall...
Legal

Worst roads for traffic accidents in Europe

29th January 2009
If you go to Europe and you're planning on driving there, or if you live there and are going to be going on holiday, there are some roads that are much more dangerous than others. A recent report showed that Bulgaria was the worst place for fatalities fro...
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