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Disability Bodily Injury

Willcox & Savage

You've Heard of Medicare and ERISA Liens, but What About the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act? The Federal Law Controlling the...

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Claims adjusters are frequently warned to identify and resolve Medicare and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) liens before finalizing settlements in personal injury claims. But there is another federal law...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

As E-Scooters Spread, California Disability Advocates Sue over Right to the Sidewalk

People with visual and mobility disabilities are being denied “their right to travel freely and safely on public walkways” as a result of an “onslaught of unregulated dockless scooters.” ...more

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Florida Court finds Workers' Compensation Statute Unconstitutional

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Circuit Judge Jorge E. Cueto of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida has found that Section 440.11 of Florida's Workers' Compensation Act (the "Act"), which makes the Act the "exclusive" remedy...more

Smith Anderson

ADA: Temporary Medical Condition May Be a Disability

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A recent decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an impairment or injury is not excluded as a disability simply because it is temporary. In deciding Summers...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Broken Bones

Cases under the ADA Amendment Act are finally reaching the courts of appeals. In what might be the first case to reach the appellate level on an issue other than whether the statute applied retroactively, the 4th Circuit has...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

EEOC Sues MPW Industrial Services For Disability Discrimination

Company Fired Laborer Because of Back Impairment, Federal Agency Charges - PITTSBURGH -- MPW Industrial Services, a provider of industrial cleaning, facility management and labor support services, fired an employee...more

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