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You need a bicycle accident attorney to understand your rights. If you are unfortunate to be in a bicycle accident, you need a bicycle lawyer to guide you through the particular legal issues regarding bicycle law. Bicycle lawyers such as Nadrich and Cohen are experts in bicycle law. We advocate for our cyclists rights throughout our legal representation. We are experts on cyclists rights, including their rights to the road and all cyclists rights and duties. Our bicycle law firm knows exactly what to do to protect the bicyclist concerning insurance. We have tremendous experience in recovering bicycle accident settlements on behalf of our cyclists from auto and home owners insurance.

The Various States Bicyclist Liability Laws

Most states have general tort liability, which means that the person who causes the accident has to pay the fault free or not at fault party. There are certain no fault states that have an insurance system based on no fault. These states are: Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, New York, and Utah. There are hybrid states such as Arkansas, Maryland, South Carolina, Texas, Delaware, Oregon, South Dakota and Virginia. There are states with hybrid or no fault options, and they are Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and District of Colombia. The nine states that have no fault means that you will be compensated for your own injuries and property damage by your own insurance policy without regard for who was at fault.

Compensation is limited to your economic damages such as medical expenses and lost income. None of the non economic damages such as pain and suffering damages will be available to you. Nine states have adopted a hybrid system in which the first party benefits; that is, your own insurance. Traditional tort liability states have no restrictions on law suits. The three remaining states offer a choice between no fault and tort liability, in which consumers decide whether they want a threshold limit on lawsuits or a policy with no restrictions. These states are New Jersey, Pennsylvania and District of Columbia.

Nadrich & Cohen, As Your Lawyers- What We Do

Insurance policies always come into play when a cyclist is hit by a motorist. The cyclist will make a claim on the motorists insurance. We specialize in presenting the cyclists claim and working with the adjuster for the insurance company. We provide documentation to support the claim to the adjuster and argue extensively on our clients behalf. Remember, the adjusters job is to make sure the insurance company pays you the smallest amount of money it possibly can to resolve your claim. The adjuster is not your friend, but your adversary.

Home owners insurance coverage has been obtained for cyclists. For example, if a can of soda is thrown from a passing car and hurts the cyclist, certain courts have found that the home owners insurance is liable, and some have found that the automobile insurance coverage applies. If it?s a passenger, then the passengers home insurance can come into play.

California Cyclist Law

Remember, in California, every bicyclist should know that the California Vehicle Code applies to all bicyclists riding on all roadways. There is a California Vehicle Code section that requires that a cyclist rides with and not against traffic.

There is also a Code that requires bicyclists to ride as close to the right hand curb as possible. Lastly, there is a California Vehicle Code section that requires a bicyclist not to ride in a cross walk if it is in a business district.

Jeff Nadrich
http://www.articlesbase.com/personal-injury-articles/why-you-need-a-bicycle-lawyer-for-a-bicycle-accident-686829.html

A whiplash injury claim is probably the most common action for compensation that solicitors have to deal with and accounts for thousands of claims across the UK every week. This injury is caused by a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the head and neck often as a result of a rear end shunt in a vehicle accident and is also known as acceleration/deceleration syndrome.
In its mild form it is referred to as a neck sprain and is characterised by a collection of symptoms that occur following damage to the neck usually as a result of a sudden change in motion affecting the discs, muscles, nerves or tendons of the neck. The damage is caused when head is violently thrown back, forwards or sideways followed by reflex contraction in the opposite direction. Swelling and inflammation occur following damage caused by rapid movements, which leads to pressure being placed on the nerves resulting in subsequent pain and discomfort.
To pursue a whiplash injury claim it is very important to make urgent arrangements after an accident to be medically examined either by your general practitioner or at the local hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) department. The GP or hospital record will be used by your solicitor in due course to prove the extent of the immediate post accident medical condition and without this medical evidence it is extremely difficult to sustain a claim for damages.
Severe whiplash can cause serious damage to the spine and nervous system and this may often be resolved only over a long period of convalescence. In a minority of cases a chronic conditions may develop, which results in constant pain and disability, with little hope of resolution of the discomfort. Damage to the bones in the neck rarely occurs however on those occasions when it becomes a problem it may be necessary to surgically repair the bone or cartilage occasionally involving fusion of the vertebrae.
Symptoms of injury include dizziness, blurred vision, headache, nausea or vomiting, balance problems, pain or stiffness and loss of feeling or prickling in an arm or hand. It may also cause memory loss, concentration impairment, nervousness, irritability, sleep disturbances, fatigue and depression
If you are involved in a motor accident that is not your fault and you suffer personal injury you may be entitled to compensation. The amount of awards will vary dependent on the severity of the illness and the overall recovery period and whether or not there are any long term symptoms or disabilities. Damages vary from £2,000 for mild neck strain up to £250,000 for serious long term injury requiring surgery. Further compensation is also payable for financial losses caused as a result of the accident including loss of past and future wages, loss of advantage on the open labour market, a detrimental change in lifestyle as a result if the injury, damage to personal property and all reasonable general expenses and losses sustained as a direct result of the accident.
If you have had an accident and believe that you may be suffering from any personal injury you should seek proper medical advice as soon as possible. Diagnosis is normally swift, as this is a common injury associated with road traffic accidents. Diagnosis depends on various factors including the medical history, observation of symptoms and a physical and neurological examination. X-rays are done to remove any possibility of a fracture. A CAT Scan, MRI and other imaging tests may be required depending on the severity of the patient’s symptoms.
Treatment is usually by way of pain medication, anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants and physical therapy. Severe injury may be treated with a surgical collar, cervical traction and heat therapy. Surgery is not common. Sometimes though there can be a tear in an inter-vertebral disc which may have to be removed followed by fusion of the neck vertebrae.

Ankit Maheshwari
http://www.articlesbase.com/law-articles/whiplash-injury-claim-73579.html

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Rear ended in car accident six weeks ago. CT scan showed brain injury, neck & back injury. Have received physical therapy for back & neck injury, but lawyer has not approved to cover costs for Neurological consult & diagnostic testing. Symptoms… headaches, nausea, projectile vomiting daily, generalized acute body pain, pain scale-9, confusion, blurred vision, bags under the eyes with dark circles, unsteady gait, slurred speech, falling, poor cognitive thinking, can’t finish a thought…All symptoms worsen after physical therapy. (dictating to my niece)

I am not sure I am understanding you correctly…. why would you need your attorney’s permission to undergo these tests?? I assure you, such decisions are NOT the attorney’s decisions to make… they are between you and your doctors… and your insurance company. These costs SHOULD be handled by the auto insurance company for the person who HIT you.

Please provide more information.

I am looking into finding a lawyer for Legal Negligence, i have been fighting work cover since I was injured in 1992, I had a court case in 1996 in Mildura, my lawyers are no win no pay, but my court case in 1996 had no outcome, but my lawyers got paid, I got nothing, there was another court hearing in Melbourne a few weeks later that i was not told about, I didn’t even know it went on, we found out lately by going through our case files kept at my lawyers office, and correspondence of fees for first case. I don’t even know what the second hearing in Melbourne was about, my lawyer told me we had no medical evidence to precede at that time. i have been told no win no pay means that, so why did they get paid by work cover Victoria, they don’t hand over money for nothing. I think that something is up, recently my father inquired about my case to the boss of the firm when he was seeing him about his case and the boss didn’t know i had not got a payout, he assumed i did, dad asked if we could open the case again, the lawyer replied it was never closed. now another lawyer took on the case as original lawyer has left, he has stuffed up my case by preparing a brief that’s not incorporated all my injuries, we found out a few months ago as we meet my barrister for the first time just before the court was about to start, he stated i didn’t have a good case bla bla bla, i stopped him and said this is not the right injury what about my original injury, infection of the hand which then led to psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis after, he had no idea what I was talking about, so I explained, he was not happy at all, as I was not either as in a short time he had to go too court, so he said he will get a postponement and get a meeting with a judge, he did in Melbourne, judge ruled for me to see a medical panel, as I did two days ago, I found out no skin specialists, I went through my medical documents to see what some new medical reports that were done had said and I found out my skin specialist had said I have some psoriasis on my back, thin plagues under control, not true approximately 50% of my body is covered in it and it is severe, I have been in hospital with it sent by that doctor. Now I think that not all my symptoms have been presented to the judge as my barrister would be going on my medical reports as I have only talked to him for about 10 minutes that day and that’s it. I have sacked the lawyer from my case he did not even come to court on the day. The boss of the firm is going to take his place. Im getting shafted and I do not think that I am getting a fair case due to lawyers lack of duty of care to my case, yes its been going on since 1992 when I was injured and I have not worked since and have had no compensation, I truly believe that something illegal has been going on between lawyers on both sides as there is no files relating to the case in 1996 at Mildura at my lawyers, only the bill we grabbed, and work cover victoria don’t have any records either, we have asked, no one knows the outcome as no papers to say what happened are to be found.

As per usual here, you have been given some bad advice from Americans who don’t know the law in Australia. The term in Australia is professional negligence (not malpractice) so you were right.

The first thing you need to do is go to (or call) the courthouse where your case was first heard and ask at the Registry how you obtain a transcript of the hearing. You can get a copy of the transcript of every time your case was in open court – even if it was just for interim procedural steps – you should get a copy of every one of these. Your main problem at the moment is that you have been kept in the dark about exactly what is going on with your case, so you need to read the transcripts to see exactly what your lawyers have been telling the judges.

The transcripts should also reveal how there was a hearing in Melbourne without you being present (I can only guess that it might have been about costs, and not about the case itself – mind you, if it was only a costs argument before an assessor, there will probably not be a transcript).

Only after you have all the transcripts can you decide what to do – whether to seek advice for professional negligence, or whether the case is, in fact, still progressing.

If you do have to seek advice about professional negligence, contact the Victorian Law Society (not the Bar Association) in the first instance, and ask them to recommend a specialist in that area of law.

Please give me a referral to a Human Being who will take on a case dealing with a patient older than 80 years.

You can submit your case to http://www.selectcounsel.com/ . Which will find you the best lawyer in your area at no fee. You will be contacted shortly after you submit them your case.

well i want to be a lawyer and i am wondering do i have to be one specific type of lawyer like an assault lawyer or can i be like a fraud,assault,and medical injury lawyer??

how much do lawyers in canada make per year?

First, an assault lawyer is a personal injury lawyer. I don’t understand what kind of fraud you mean – criminal or civil? As for the last one that would be a medical malpractice attorney, which is similar to a personal injury lawyer. Your salary will vary in every different type of law heavily depending on your success and years as an attorney, grades in law school, prestige of the law school you attended, and the cases you win. Virtually all lawyers can make good money. The median lawyer income in America is around $85,000 I believe.

Who is that overweight person you see in the mirror?

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                                                                                By Tom Smith C.H.

We live in a world that encourages eating binges. Some of our more beloved holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are just a few examples or loved ones and friends to encourage us to try this and try that. All the while, our body begins to store the high calories and retains the fat adding pounds and an inch to our waist’s and hips and legs. My question is to you is simply this, is obesity becoming acceptable? If so, will we become a nation that will eventually just throw up our hands and say, “Ah heck with it, so what if I am thirty, forty fifty pounds over weight.”

Interestingly enough, there are many people who are over weight,  have  conceded to their weight problem, and have literally “let go of the rope.”  They have abandon hope simply because in many cases, the products they have used, or books or tapes or what ever is popular at that time, perhaps they may have a minor success to it, but in time, unfortunately they end up regaining the unwanted pounds and maybe even more. So there has to be a way, that people can lose weight, without drugs, without medical procedures and is easy to obtain then moving a mouse over a mouse pad, so what is it?

Hypnosis, my name is Tom Smith, I am a certified hypnotist and motivational speaker. I know first hand, the effects that suggestions has one persons mind, Self doubt is a major reason why people keep weight on and the determining factor that it will stay. In fact, for many doubters, it is not unrealistic to think that one can program their subconscious mind to accept a reality that future weight is inevitable for the future. How disheartening is that?

In other words the jeans you may be wearing today, will be too small next year when you put them on. I am going to give you some advice on how to combat this negative programming that goes on in your head every conscious moment of the day. This will enable you to stand up for yourself and eventually destroy these negative thoughts that creep up on you make you a slave to it. So let’s begin.

All great victories have a strategy behind it. Starting today, when you look in the mirror, smile at yourself, and tell yourself, “I look great” and MEAN IT. Then tell yourself, “I’ll even look better when I drop this unwanted weight.” Don’t walk away from the mirror till you are convinced in your heart, that you do look great and that you are about to lose weight. You are now going to help yourself by consuming more water than you normally do. Make it a practice, to have a water bottle, or a mug, or glass with water in close by you during your work or relaxation. 8-12  (8) ounces glasses of water per day. This will help flush out your body and even in some cases provide a sense of being filled. When you park somewhere, intentionally park further from the door of your destination to help motivate you to walk further and faster to the door. Finally in the comfort of your home, make the conscious decision to eat vegetables in lieu of your favorite fattening treats. If you must use a dip, read the label to educate yourself on calories and fat content, otherwise, eliminate the dip and eat the vegetable raw or cook the vegetable which ever suits your taste bud. This is your start to a thinner, healthier life. In time, you will begin to lose weight and feel better about yourself, after all isn’t that what part of life is supposed to be like? If you would like to learn more about weight loss, visit me at www.iwanttoloseweightfast.com until then good heath, happiness and prosperity and I hope all your dreams come true!

Tom Smith
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/who-is-that-overweight-person-you-see-in-the-mirror-736066.html

There continues to be criticisms in the media about an ever increasing claims culture that is allegedly sweeping the nation. Most recently there have been warnings over a “whiplash epidemic” of fraudulent claims that is supposedly spreading across the UK. Statistics published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) claim that approximately 1,200 whiplash claims are made each day, amounting to costs of £2 billion each year.

In spite of these critiques, whiplash is scientifically recognised and sufferers of the condition are often in a considerable amount of pain and discomfort following the injury, therefore, they should not be discouraged in pursuing a genuine personal injury claim.

A whiplash injury occurs when the soft tissue and/or ligaments in the neck and/or back are strained after a sudden movement or forceful jolt. Although the injury can occur in many circumstances they most commonly occur when people are involved in road traffic accidents.

Symptoms of whiplash often include: pain and stiffness of the neck and shoulders, lower back pain, headaches, dizziness, numbness or tingling in the arms/ hands, tiredness, ringing in the ears and blurred vision. Signs of the injury usually become apparent within a few hours of the accident; however, some people begin to develop symptoms after a few days.

Soft tissue injuries can often take several weeks to fully settle, however only a very small number of incidents, between 5-10% have been known to take longer than 1 year to fully recover.

When whiplash is suspected, it is important to get medical advice from either an Accident & Emergency department or a G.P. Treatment of the injury often takes the form of rest, painkillers and the use of an ice pack to reduce any swelling. After a 24 hour period, injured parties are encouraged to move their neck and stay active, to allow the body to adjust and recover as quickly a possible. However, some people may also benefit from complementary therapies such as physiotherapy and osteopathy.

By making a compensation claim, many accident victims will be able to receive physiotherapy treatment funded by the responsible party’s insurers. This can prove hugely beneficial in helping injured people recover more quickly from their symptoms.

Research has shown that the severity of a whiplash injury is governed by the position of the car’s headrest and the president of the AA has stated that drivers could prevent potential injuries by adjusting the headrest on their seat, as

In an attempt to reduce the number of whiplash claims, ABI has requested the government to put into place frameworks to emphasise safe following distances to learner drivers and encourage car retailers to show buyers how to adjust the head rest on the vehicle.

If you or someone you know has suffered a whiplash injury as a result of a road traffic accident, you may have grounds to pursue a whiplash claim to recover financial compensation for the injury or loss suffered

Sarah Nandhra
http://www.articlesbase.com/personal-injury-articles/whiplash-injury-claims-are-more-common-now-in-the-uk-than-ever-before-729750.html

Cardio-vascular diseases top the list of major diseases the world over. Medical experts opine that a high cholesterol level in the bloodstream is the single major causative factor in this group of diseases. So what causes high levels of cholesterol in the blood, and what can you do to prevent that from happening to you? Let’s find out.

There is good cholesterol and there is bad cholesterol. The good cholesterol is called HDL and is required for healthy tissue growth and general health. The bad cholesterol is called LDL and accelerates tissue degeneration, leading to general poor health and some specifically dangerous conditions. The body itself regulates the level of both these types of cholesterol in the blood. You can unknowingly work against the body in this critical function and fall into the clutches of various real dangerous illnesses, or you can choose to act wisely and help the body to regulate these substances so that you are healthy naturally.

Is a high level of cholesterol a disease in itself? No, it is not. A high level of bad cholesterol in the blood causes tissue degeneration and accumulation of fatty substances in the body. The arteries are most prone to the effect of high cholesterol levels. They become hard, and they get coated with a fatty substance from inside. This constricts the flow of blood in the body, which in turn, leads to high blood pressure, strokes, and heart attacks. If you are a patient of any of these diseases then you should learn how to cut down the level of bad cholesterol. It’s easy, as easy as 1, 2, 3! Read on and you’ll see how.

The body regulates the level of cholesterol in the blood. As long as this regulation proceeds as required, there is no problem. There are times when this regulation fails. There are two common situations which lead to such failure. One is when we overdose the body with bad cholesterol. How? By eating of course! Oils, fats, animal produce, and some substances like sodium lead to a build up of bad cholesterol in the blood. Keep these villains off your diet and the bad cholesterol will drop back to normal level.

The second situation is an inactive lifestyle. If you are serious about controlling the level of bad cholesterol in your blood, then you should make it a point of exercising regularly. Thirty minutes of exercise is what the American Heart Association advises. Choose the form of exercise that suits you and your lifestyle best. Cycling, dancing, aerobics, walking, jogging, and swimming are all pleasant forms of exercise. Do these regularly as part of your normal routine, and watch those cholesterol levels drop!

Cigarette smoking is favored by a large number of people. This habit is definitely injurious in general and especially for people who suffer from elevated cholesterol levels. Even exposure to secondary smoke can aggravate the level of bad cholesterol in the blood. So stop smoking yourself, and avoid frequenting places filled with cigarette smoke.

There is another factor which can cause high levels of bad cholesterol. The problem is that the body’s regulatory mechanism is not working properly. This is usually a genetic problem and it could be hereditary. The only way out of this situation is medication. Your doctor will do the needful.

In conclusion, high levels of bad cholesterol can badly damage your health and lifestyle. If you want to lead a long and healthy and happy life, here’s what you do. Number one, stop smoking. Number two, exercise. Number three, avoid fats and animal produce in your diet. There you have it: Lower cholesterol levels in three easy steps… just as promised!

Ned D’Agostino
http://www.articlesbase.com/diseases-and-conditions-articles/check-cholesterol-for-a-happy-healthy-life-681425.html