South Carolina is a strict liability statute. Essentially, what that means is a lot of the times, with some exceptions, we don’t have to really worry about proving liability. We’re simply arguing over damages.

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If you’ve used Zantac or Ranitidine in your life and you’ve developed cancer and it’s stomach cancer or liver cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, anything internally with the digestive system and you have not had any kind of previous cancers, we’re looking at those cases.

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We get calls every day from workers that have been injured, and some are minor and some are heart-wrenching, for lack of a better word. The first thing that people always want to know is what do I do? What are the first steps I’m supposed to take? We’ll answer that question today.

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Premises liability is really just a fancy word for slip and falls. It’s going to be referring to a slip and fall case, a trip and fall case. But it’s essentially any incident or injury that occurs on a premises, it could be someone’s home, but typically what you’re going to hear about from the public standpoint is going to be injuries in our current facilities, businesses, and larger corporations.

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Maine veterans disability specialists Jackson & MacNichol tells how they take on the VA to help disabled veterans. VA disability attorney Francis Jackson guides through the complicated appeals process of getting service-connected disability compensation or disability pension benefits from the VA.

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If you’re a qualified surviving spouse and, in some cases but much more rare cases, if you have a qualified surviving child or surviving parent in even more rare circumstances, they may be entitled to benefits after the veteran’s passing if that veteran had a service connected cause of death or if they had a total rating for a period of 10 years prior to their passing, then they’d be presumed to have a service connected cause of death.

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3M settled with the US government for 9.1 million dollars. The lawsuit was based on a whistle blower who actually notified the government that 3M was selling these earplugs that they were under a defense contract with the US government to provide and with known defects.

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Worker’s compensation is a crucial part of our legal system today. But it is also a complex one, that is often confusing to many people.

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If your claim has been denied, you will need an attorney to file a claim petition. This petition is filed with the Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Workers’ Comp in Harrisburg.

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Filing for Social Security is complicated. We are here to help and will do everything in our power to get you the benefits you deserve. Maine disability attorney Francis Jackson answers your questions and will be your guide to Social Security Disability.

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Our government has a Social Security Disability program designed to assist individuals who are unable to work due to physical or mental limitations. However, the application process for SSD is complicated and a majority of applications are initially denied. This is where an experienced SSD lawyer can come in handy.

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If you have a severe mental disability, day to day life can often be frustrating and overwhelming. Everyday tasks that others take for granted such as getting out of bed or interacting with people at the store can be too much to handle. Often times you might not be able to support yourself financially. Luckily our government has a Social Security Disability program designed to assist individuals who are unable to work due to physical or mental limitations.

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