After an accident, seeking legal redress often seems a necessary evil. Makin a personal injury claim is the natural step but the myriad of legal complications can often seem like a herculean task if you’re still trying to recover from the accident in question. There are ways to make the whole process as smooth as possible and ensure that getting reimbursed for the physical or psychological harm suffered is not as time consuming and costly as it seems.

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Too often, a whiplash injury claim is disregarded. It is often considered minor but victims should realise that the long-term consequences of the injury can mean that a whiplash claim can bring considerable accident compensation, despite what accident claim solicitors might say to the contrary.

Overlooking the consequences of a whiplash injury could lead to long-term unhappiness. The whiplash injury itself is an injury to the neck. The neck is an area that stores all neural...

Watch Out for those New York City Sanitation Trucks

We see sanitation trucks every day hauling away tons of New York City garbage and recycling materials. We couldn't live without the work performed by those trucks and the men and women who work on them. According to a new report by the Comptroller's Office, we all need to watch those sanitation trucks a little more carefully. New York City sanitation vehicles caused over 1,000 accidents in 2009 and cost taxpayers over $17 million...

Mesothelioma is a kind of cancer that most often develops in the pleura, or the lining around the lungs. It can also occur in the lining of the abdomen and heart.

How is mesothelioma caused?

Asbestos is a strong mineral that has been used for various purposes, the most common among them being fireproofing and construction. When asbestos is broken or damaged, the individual fibers in it break free. These fibers are thin and needle-like and they easily float in the air....

In the unfortunate event that you are involved in a car accident, it can be very beneficial to seek the services of a traffic accident lawyer.

To start with, you should make sure that there is nobody critically injured before covering yourself legally. also please make sure that you, or someone else, has told the authorities.

Now, swap insurance details with the other automobile driver. ascertain that these details are right by phoning their insurers immediately.

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Cancer-stricken Susan Hurrell sought legal aid to take one of the UK’s biggest insurance companies to court for damages. But she was refused because no-one was prepared to represent her on a no-win-no-fee basis. But now the dying grandmother is celebrating after winning a five-figure windfall to safeguard her family’s future.

Susan, 54, who has terminal ovarian cancer, has just heard she is to receive £71,000 from her life insurance company after a...

Hundreds of workers forced to retire due to government regulations allowing employers to sack people at the age of 65 might be able to claim compensation thanks to a discrimination test case going to European Court of Justice in Luxemburg on July 2 and a final decision will be made by the end of this year.

The case is being brought to the European Court by Heyday, an arm of Age Concern and if Heyday succeeds in this case not only will it allow employees in Britain to work...

While the medical profession generally provides excellent health care to patients, there are unfortunately cases that give rise to clinical negligence compensation claims . Here, claims management company Claim-Easy ( ) looks at just what constitutes ‘clinical negligence', which cases can lead to successful compensation claims and the best way to go about claiming for this type of incident.

The General Medical Council exists to govern the medical profession; to...

Did you know that surgical site infections are the most common type of infection in the U.S., occurring in 5 percent of all surgery patients, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control? That equals more than half a million patients that will develop a surgical site infection after having a surgical procedure.

Surgical Site Infection, Defined

The general medical definition of a surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that develops within 30 days after a surgery...

When people enter the hospital for any type of treatment or medical care, they expect to be diagnosed and treated properly by trained medical professionals. Unfortunately, medical errors are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for up to 98,000 deaths annually. A 2001 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that more than 22 percent of active-care patient deaths were possibly preventable. While these are alarming...