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What is Virginia’s Statue of Limitations for Failure to Diagnose Cancer?

Early diagnosis in cancer is critical to minimize organ damage and save the patient’s life. Research has shown that timely detection of different types of cancers, including breast cancer, skin cancer, and testicular cancer substantially improved the survival rates. Nine out of 10 patients whose cancer diagnosis occurs at stage one survive for 10 years…

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Understand the Difference Between the Federal Employers Liability Act and Workers’ Compensation

Both workers’ compensation and the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) provide financial protections for people who suffer work-related injuries, develop occupational illnesses or die in workplace accidents. The similarities pretty much end there. Still, having spent four decades advising and representing people who have FELA claims, I find even myself sometimes calling FELA “workers’ comp…

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Distracted Driving Kills: Here’s Why

Allow me to go full spoiler right from the jump.   Distracted driving kills because it takes your eyes off the road ahead, disengages your brain from the complicated task of controlling a car or truck, and, often, causes you to remove your hands from the steering wheel. Studies show that a distraction of as…

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