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Chemical Exposure Claims at Mississippi Poultry Plants

When a worker gets sick after a chemical exposure on the line and symptoms do not show up all at once, the fight usually turns into proving what hit them, when it happened, and who knew it was dangerous.

ARTICLE by Billy Stockton

City truck on black ice in Meridian just turned this into a government claim

A crash with a Meridian city truck is not a normal insurance claim, and the deadlines and damage rules get ugly fast.

ARTICLE by Andrea Blackmon

Your job says there's no workers' comp. That doesn't let them off the hook.

A work crash on a frozen bridge can turn into a bigger mess when the employer was supposed to carry workers' comp and didn't.

ARTICLE by Fannie Louise Coleman

I think the adjuster is using my old MRI to erase a Jackson bike crash

A pre-existing condition does not let an insurer dump your whole injury on your medical history after a Jackson crash.

ARTICLE by Rosa Gutierrez

medical review panel

Defense lawyers and malpractice insurers often invoke this phrase to suggest that a claim must first survive a special medical gatekeeping process before it can move forward....

Eight months later, that illegal U-turn in Tupelo is still wrecking your paycheck

A Tupelo worker and National Guard member got seriously hurt when a driver made an illegal U-turn, and now the employer is dodging responsibility while the insurer tries to pin everything on old wear and tear.

ARTICLE by Keisha Brown

Amazon's "normal" settlement offer looks different when their doctor ignores your MRI

An off-duty firefighter gets hit by an Amazon van, the MRI shows damage, and the insurer still trots out a doctor to say nothing is wrong.

ARTICLE by Rosa Gutierrez

physical restraint

What trips people up most is that a physical restraint is not limited to straps or handcuffs. Any device, equipment, or method that restricts a person's freedom of movement and...

hospital-acquired infection

You just got a letter that says a loved one developed a "hospital-acquired infection" during treatment, and now the chart is full of initials nobody uses in normal...

Your partner got hit walking to an Olive Branch warehouse shift - the company still may owe workers' comp

When a warehouse worker in Olive Branch is hit walking to work, the fight is usually over whether it counts as "in the course of employment" and whether the company is trying to scare the family into staying quiet.

ARTICLE by Rosa Gutierrez

T-boned at a Meridian red light, surgery denied, and the drunk driver still isn't the only one paying

A Meridian business owner hit in a red-light crash can have a workers' comp fight, a drunk-driving injury claim, and possibly a dram shop case against the bar all at once.

ARTICLE by Earl Pittman

I'm new in Jackson and missed that hidden stop sign too - am I screwed?

A crash at a Jackson intersection with a missing or blocked stop sign can turn fast on evidence, especially if a trucking company's electronic data is about to disappear.

ARTICLE by Keisha Brown

undue influence on a will

This can decide who gets the house, the land, or the bank account after someone dies. A lot of families assume a will must stand just because it was signed, notarized, or...

captain of the ship doctrine

You just got a letter that says the surgeon is not responsible for what happened in the operating room because a nurse, anesthetist, or tech made the mistake. The captain of...

probate court process

A court-supervised procedure for settling a deceased person's estate, paying valid debts and taxes, and transferring remaining property to the people or organizations entitled...

power of attorney

People often mix up a power of attorney with an executor, but they do different jobs at different times. A power of attorney lets one living person give another person legal...

revocable living trust

Not a will substitute that makes all legal problems disappear, and not a tool for hiding assets from creditors, taxes, or a nursing home. A revocable living trust is a written...

generation-skipping trust

The part that throws people off is the word "skipping." It does not mean children are cut out completely. A generation-skipping trust is a trust set up so money or property can...

living will vs advance directive

A living will is one kind of advance directive. That short distinction matters because the two terms are often used as if they mean the same thing. An advance directive is the...

letters testamentary

Getting paid from an estate, transferring a vehicle title, closing a bank account, or filing a lawsuit after someone dies can stall immediately without these papers. They are...