2015

Should You Refuse To Treat Patients Whose Parents Refuse To Vaccinate Them To Protect Yourself From Liability?

If you're a family doctor or a pediatrician, it's bound to happen sooner or later: you'll be faced with a parent who wants a medical exemption form filled out so that he or she doesn't have to get a child vaccinated. What do you do? If you want to stay out of court, you should consider dropping the child from your practice. It may sound harsh, but it may also be the only way to legally protect yourself.

Should You Wait Until After The Holidays To Ask For A Divorce?

You've heard of Black Friday, but do you know about Divorce Monday? That's the unofficial nickname for the first Monday in January each year among divorce attorneys because divorce filings typically increase by as much as a third that month. Why wait? If you already know that you intend to file, is there any good reason to hold off until January? Absolutely. Here are 3 things to consider: 1. You can minimize the emotional fallout.

How To Speed Up Your Divorce

A lengthy divorce is a costly divorce. Costs aside, there are many other negative issues associated with a lengthy divorce. For example, it may distract you from your job and prevent you from traveling since you may be needed for negotiations or court appearances. Here are three measures to speed up your divorce: Apply For a Waiver of the Waiting Period Some states have waiting periods that every couple going through a divorce must go through before being granted the divorce.

4 Ways To Strengthen Your Legal Case As A Plaintiff

If you're involved in civil litigation, you should be prepared for the discovery stage. This is the time you will need to prove why you deserve compensation for your losses and work towards building a strong case. There are four parts in the discovery stage and knowing what each of these are will help you better prepare for each one. Written interrogatories You may be asked a series of questions about the lawsuit.

Medical Malpractice: 4 Types Of Documents You'll Need At Your Legal Consultation

From a botched vasectomy to a misdiagnosis, medical errors can occur in all shapes and forms. Sadly, they occur more often than one might think. In fact, a Senate panel was informed in 2014 that medical errors come third in the line-up of leading causes of United States deaths, just behind heart disease and cancer. Regardless of what has happened to you, you will need to have plenty of evidence in order to take a physician, hospital or other medical professional or entity to court.

4 Reasons To Hire A Criminal Defense Attorney

Being accused of a crime can be scary and stressful. It can be even more terrifying if you know that you did nothing wrong. If you're facing criminal charges and want to have the best possible outcome, it's best that you hire a criminal defense attorney to represent you. Take a look at the following information to understand the reasons as to why you should have a criminal defense attorney on your side.

Should You File For Worker's Compensation Or Take Your Employer To Civil Court?

Most of the time, when you are injured while carrying out a task for your employer, you must file a worker's compensation claim to receive compensation for your medical bills and lost wages. Sometimes, however, it is not that simple and you will need to sue your employer in civil court. Any time you have been hurt or injured while on the job, contact a worker's compensation attorney to help you sort things out.

Legal Bloopers Employers Often Make While Hiring

Mistakes made during the hiring process can be very costly and cumbersome for employers. Employers need to make sure that they prevent possible lawsuits and other legal repercussions by carefully contemplating their hiring practices and instituting policies that keep them protected.  The following are five mistakes employers should avoid if they want to keep their new hires happy and secure in their employment: Neglecting I-9's until its too late It's easy to overlook I-9's for employers who are in a hurry to fill open positions.

Water Skiing And Drunk Boat Driving: How Your Loved One's Wrongful Death Can Be Made Right

Drunk driving that leads to death is a very serious thing, especially if the person driving drunk survives the crash. Now there are also drunk boaters, who drive motor boats and speed boats drunk because there really is not much to keep people from getting in a boat, drinking and then driving the boat. If your loved one was water skiing with friends over a holiday weekend and was killed because someone was driving the boat while drunk, you have a wrongful death case.

Details Surrounding Mineral Leases And Royalties

One of the main aspects of oil and gas law involves the leasing of properties. It is common for companies to lease land from property owners rather than buying the land outright. When a property owner chooses to lease land to a company for extraction of minerals, it is possible for royalties to be an integral component of the lease. There are a variety of different components of mineral leases and the function of royalties that must be understood before a lease is signed by a land owner.