For the uninitiated, Mr. Coombs and Constitution have been litigating entitlement to weekly income benefits arising from a motorcycle accident in June, 1974, since 1976. The amount in dispute is a weekly benefit in the amount of $70. I won't continue with the history of the litigation but will instead move on to the substantive question behind whether this case is "dead or alive".
Does a declaration of entitlement to weekly or periodic benefit payments bring the matter to...

A durable power of attorney is a form that is used as a legal way to appoint some one to act on your behalf if you become incapacitated. To get one you can go down to your county's courthouse and pay a 'print fee' for a copy for one. An even easier way to get one though is by going online and finding a durable POA form you can fill out at home on your PC then print out yourself; theirs many sites out there that offer these kind of fillable forms.

There are a few things you...

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH) Regulations 2002 relates to a large variety of substances and preparations which have the capability of causing harm if they are inhaled, ingested or exposed or absorbed through the skin.

These encompass individual substances or preparations such as paints, metals, cleaning materials, pesticides and insecticides.

They also include chemicals which are deemed toxic, harmful, corrosive, irritant, sensitising, carcinogenic,...

Portable Breathalyzer Takes Guesswork Out Of Drunk Driving

“Are you drunk?” How often do you casually get asked that question after a night out socializing and drinking? Considering all the factors that impact your blood alcohol content, it could be a difficult question to answer.

The amount of alcohol in your drink of choice, whether you ate prior or while drinking, and how much you weigh are all factors when determining whether you drank too much and are...

Contents:

“Transnational Corporations Liability on Environmental Harms”

• Introduction
• Norms controlling activities of TNC’s in UDHR and ICESCR
• Why and how these TNC’s are responsible for environmental damages and harms.
• Three catastrophic disasters in human history
• International Guidelines controlling TNC’s activities
• Are these Norms and guidelines are enough to hold these TNC’s...

It is a parent's worst nightmare! You send your child to school and expect him or her to come home safe. It didn't happen that way in this case. As many children of the inner city, Shawn was asthmatic. He lived in Brooklyn and attended PS 20 in Clinton Hill. On February 2003, only weeks after his 11th birthday, Shawn had a serious asthma attack in school. He went to the nurse's office where the nurse determined 911 should be called and the boy should immediately be taken to the hospital...

My mother's hemoglobin was down to eight again, which is confirmation of severe anemia, so her primary care physician sent her over to a hematologist to receive a blood transfusion. It was all well intended to avoid another hospitalization. This blood specialist has her practice in a cancer center where they provide all kinds of intravenous therapy including blood transfusion, so it seemed that an out patient administration of packed cells made sense. Well, they infused two units over...

New Hampshire is the latest state to push for a ban on minors from purchasing electronic cigarettes.  Electronic Cigarette Nation Supports these measures in full.

There are two essential reasons that this is good news:

1)     We don't want to see minors start smoking anything (analog cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, illegal drugs, etc.)

2)     When electronic cigarettes are accepted to be for adults only, there is no...

Medical malpractice can occur whenever a patient is in the care of a healthcare professional. Many occasions of medical malpractice can are possible. These incidences may happen due to breach of duty, failure of standard medical care and medical errors, thus leading to serious health consequences.

Medical malpractice is a specific legal term related to lawsuits alleging that circumstances have lead to damage to a...

When instigating good health and safety measures there are three main areas to consider. Health and safety relating to the business, your employees and employment law. However the areas of responsibility split into two elements when there is an accident in the workplace. When an investigation is carried out it tends to focus on either the individual or the system.

If the root cause of accident falls with the individual then a company can be accused of blaming the victim. On...