Whether you work on big commercial buildings in the heat of the sun or on road construction projects in the dark of night, construction work is dangerous. And each construction site has its own unique dangers and risks. While it’s your job to be aware and cautious at all times, your employer and the job site owner have responsibilities for your safety as well. When they fail to live up to these responsibilities, accidents are far more likely to happen. [Read more…]
Truck Crashes Into River, Kills Teens
When you ride with other people, you put your life in their hands. Likewise, when you allow your children to ride in the car with friends, you are entrusting their friends with your child’s safety. In some cases, everything works out fine. At other times, accidents happen. [Read more…]
Collecting Benefits from a Workers’ Compensation Claim in New Jersey or New York
When you are involved in a work related accident in the State of New Jersey the law forces your employer’s insurance company to pay for all related medical bills and time out of work. The monies collected by the injured worker when out of work are directly related to the average weekly wage paid by your employer prior to the accident. However, how are those wages measured? [Read more…]
Construction Accident at Temple University
Construction work isn’t limited to New York and New Jersey and neither are construction accidents. Fortunately, we can learn from accidents that happen in neighboring states to prevent similar ones from happening here. Recently, such an accident happened in at Temple University in Philadelphia. [Read more…]
Ginarte Law Firm Contributes to New York City’s Dominican Day Parade
This past weekend, the Ginarte Law Firm took part in the 32nd annual Dominican Day Parade held in New York City. The Parade traveled up New York’s Sixth Avenue from 37th Street to 52nd Street. The Ginarte Law Firm sponsored a float that was part of the parade. The parade was attended by thousands of New Yorkers including mayor Michael Bloomberg. Raul Acosta and his band Oro Solido were also in attendance. [Read more…]
Construction Accident Injures First-Responder
Sometimes those who are employed to save lives end up with their own lives on the line. When EMTs and firefighters respond to serious car accidents, bus accidents, or explosions, they are at risk of injury themselves. A recent construction accident in nearby Philadelphia illustrated this when a construction worker and a firefighter were both hurt. [Read more…]
NJ Contractor Faces More Than $20K in Fall-Hazard Fines
When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration tells an employer to correct a worksite issue, the company need to do it. Failure to abide by OSHA standards could result in serious injury or even death to workers on a job site. [Read more…]
Innocent Bystander Injured by Trunk Blast in Jersey City
You might consider yourself a safe person, someone who doesn’t take a lot of risks and who is always looking to prevent an accident. But regardless of how safe you are, you will encounter people who aren’t as cautious. And when you’re out in public, over at someone’s house, or even on your front porch, someone else’s carelessness could cause you serious harm. [Read more…]
Hospitals Make Money from Their Mistakes
Hospitals profit from their mistakes when insurance companies pay for the extended stays and care patients receive because of surgical errors. According to the New York Times, researchers from Boston Consulting Group, Harvard’s schools of medicine and public health and Texas Health Resources say error rates would decline if hospitals stopped being paid for errors. [Read more…]
Medical Bills? If I Have an Accident, Who Pays Them? Do We Have to Reimburse the Insurance Company or Government Entity that Pays Them?
In the unfortunate event that you find yourself involved in an accident, you may need to seek medical treatment at some point. This question will arise; Who will pay for my medical bills. This happens in any type of case whether it is an automobile accident, slip & fall, work related injury or any other type of personal injury. If you have the misfortune of having no insurance coverage whatsoever, the answer is an easy one. If you incurred the medical treatment and the bills remain unpaid, you may be responsible to pay those bills. The party who caused your injury may also have responsibility for paying you for the unpaid medicals when and if a lawsuit is filed.
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