Sentences with phrase «disability than injury»

Because illness is a more common cause of disability than injury, it's not limited to people with labor - intensive jobs.

Not exact matches

Head injuries are the leading cause of death and permanent disability in bicycle crashes, accounting for more than 60 percent of bike - related deaths.

«The fact that mortality is declining faster than non-fatal disease and injury prevalence is further evidence of the importance of paying attention to the rising health loss from these leading causes of disability, and not simply focusing on reducing mortality,» [3] says Theo Vos, lead author and Professor of Global Health at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, USA.

Ischemic stroke is the biggest reason for disability and also the 3rd biggest reason for death of the elderly in the US, while TBI (traumatic brain injury) is the biggest reason for disability and death in individuals younger than forty five.

No significant physical injuries (complaints of physical pain or disability lasting more than a few days) were reported during 2015.

Limited to students with special needs, those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; cerebral palsy; Down syndrome; an intellectual disability; muscular dystrophy; Phelan - McDermid syndrome; Prader - Willi syndrome; spina - bifida; Williams syndrome; identified as deaf, visually impaired, or having a traumatic brain injury defined by the State Board of Education; those who are hospitalized or homebound with a medically diagnosed physical or psychiatric condition for more than six months; or students age 3, 4, or 5 who are considered «high - risk» due to developmental delays

Don't let a disability ruin your credit — An unexpected illness or injury can send you into debt and sink your credit rating faster than you can say, «I need disability.»

On - the - Job Injury: Workers» compensation claims must be initiated no later than 30 days after you discover a workplace injury, disease, or disability.

The GP expert does not even know that there was an injury, time off work, disability or anything else other than on the say of the claimant.

[42] In other words, Part 7 (at least so far as it is concerned with benefits following injury, rather than death benefits) has two related objects: to compensate an insured person for a portion of the financial loss accrued from temporary total disability caused by a motor vehicle accident; and, where possible, to do so in a manner that brings about the end of the total disability by returning the injured person to employment or self - sufficiency.

If an employee who is permanently partially disabled receives a subsequent compensable injury resulting in additional permanent partial disability so that the degree of disability caused by the combination of both disabilities is greater than that which would have resulted from the subsequent injury alone.

Chris has more than 20 years» experience dealing with serious personal injury cases, including motor vehicle accidents (both bodily injury and accident benefits claims), disability benefits claims, slips and falls, Occupiers» Liability claims, WSIB and Canada Pension Plan disability claims.

Regardless of the cause, if you have a spinal injury causing disability, that is expected to last more than 12 months, you may be eligible for Social Security disability payments.

Brain injuries are the second leading cause of disability in the nation, affecting more than 3 million people by means of traumatic brain injuries, strokes, and cerebral palsy.

Drunk Driving Laws Drunk driving is a major cause of injury, disability and death and costs the American public more than 51 billion dollars per year.

We are experienced lawyers who have been representing individuals and families for more than 50 years, with a strong focus on injury and disability cases.

If this causes the employee to earn less money than they were earning prior to the injury, they may be entitled to receive temporary partial disability benefits.

He's spoken at numerous continuing legal education courses and has more than 23 years of experience in a variety of practice areas, including: personal injury, Workers» Compensation and Social Security Disability.

For more than 50 years, our firm has been helping clients throughout Ohio get the workers» compensation and Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits they need to pay their bills, treat their injuries and put food on the table.

Ignoring concerns raised by injured workers and their advocates during the policy consultation, the new policy requires a higher burden of proof for workers with work - related chronic mental stress disability to have their claims approved than for workers with all other injuries.

For all of your personal injury claims, car accident claim, brain injury claims and long term disability claims in Sudbury, look no further than Goldfinger Injury Lawyers.

It puts a heavier burden of proof on workers injured by chronic mental stress than any other workplace injury or disease and that is not fair — it is discrimination based on disability and therefore violates the Charter of Rights.

A 44 attorney firm with more than 100 total users, GWC required a single, comprehensive system for managing the firm's case load across its various practice areas, which include personal injury, workers» compensation, disability, employment, medical malpractice and premises liability, among others.

More than four times as many children who die from drowning suffer from submersion injuries; these include memory problems, learning disabilities, and being left in a permanent vegetative state.

The NPRM would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information without individual authorization to: (1) A public health authority authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; (2) a public health authority or other appropriate authority authorized by law to receive reports of child abuse or neglect; (3) a person or entity other than a governmental authority that could demonstrate or demonstrated that it was acting to comply with requirements or direction of a public health authority; or (4) a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition and was authorized by law to be notified as necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation.

Irina Fast has dealt with several personal injury cases and has more than 20 years of experience in personal injury in the Russian legal market, particularly in the fields of railroad accidents, social security disability, military accidents, accidents and injury at work, industrial disasters, and...

During our more than four decades in business, Neinstein has represented clients suffering from brain injuries, spinal injuries, slip - and - fall injuries, chronic pain, boating accident injuries, bicycle accident injuries, motor vehicle accident injuries, dog bites, long term disability, and medical malpractice injuries.

Did you know most disabilities are caused by illness rather than injury?

90 % of disabilities stem from illness rather than injury, and medical bankruptcy accounts for 60 % of all personal bankruptcies in the US.

90 % of disability claims are due to illness rather than injury.

Long - term disabilities, defined as any illness or injury that keeps you out of work for longer than 90 days, can you leave unable to work for years, or permanently unable to work in your chosen profession.

Let's get this out of the way first: most disabilities are caused by illness rather than an injury related to work.

But long - term disability insurance covers a wider range of disabilities than short - term disability insurance in that the latter doesn't include any injury that can be covered by workers» compensation.

Even though most disabilities are caused by illness rather than injury, according to a 2015 NPR report:

You can receive partial disability income benefits for a sickness or injury if you are unable to perform 50 % of the material and substantial duties of your regular job for no more than 50 % of the time usually spent in the daily performance of those duties and you are receiving regular medical care.

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EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request