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Monthly Archives: June 2024

Does Vermont Workers’ Compensation Bar Wrongful Death Lawsuits?

The idea behindVermont workers’ compensation is that it provides an “exclusive remedy” for an employee’s personal injury claims against an employer for a work-related accident or occupational illness. In simple terms, as long as your employer follows the workers’ compensation rules, you cannot sue. The exclusive remedy nature of workers’ compensation effectively bars most personal …

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Can You Sue for PTSD After Witnessing an Accident in Vermont?

In aVermont personal injury lawsuit, the plaintiff can seek compensation for any damages they sustained as a result of the defendant’s negligent acts. For example, if a reckless driver hits you and you suffer a broken arm, you can sue to recover the costs of your medical treatment and subsequent rehabilitation. It is also possible …

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How Can You Identify the Hit and Run Driver Who Caused Your Accident?

Even in a small upstate city like Glens Falls, it is not uncommon for drivers to be involved in ahit-and-run car accident. Indeed, many tourists, commercial trucks, business travelers, and out-of-state residents pass through the area on a given day. Many of them are in a hurry to get where they are going and do …

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Vermont Implements 2024 Cost of Living Increase for Workers’ Compensation Recipients

If you are injured on the job in Vermont and unable to return to work for an extended period of time, you are entitled to receive certain disability benefits under workers’ compensation. This includes temporary total disability (TTD) and temporary partial disability (TPD) benefits. TTD benefits replace your wages if you are unable to work …

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Is a New York Auto Insurer Liable If You Slip and Fall Getting Out of a Car?

In New York, slip and fall accidents usually involvepersonal injury claims against property owners. Let’s say it is winter and you have just left the grocery store. There are a few inches of snow on the ground but the path into and out of the store appears clear. So you start to leave the store. …

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