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Posted by Tristan Larson | Car Accident
What is black ice? If you live in a place with wintery weather, you’ve probably heard drivers refer to black ice. It sounds scary and rare when in reality black ice is simply just ice. It gets its name because it is such a thin layer of ice with no visible bubbles making it possible …
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Posted by Erin Gallivan | Workers Comp Benefits, Workers Comp Cases
My law partner is in charge of our website. He wants me to write blog posts about Vermont worker’s compensation. I hate writing blog posts. Workers compensation law is very precise. Law, in general, is precise but workman’s comp is even more so. That’s what I like about it. That’s why I’m good at it. …
Posted by Erin Gallivan | Workers Comp Benefits
The amount of the weekly check you get for worker’s compensation should be about the same as what you were taking home while you were working. But it’s kind of complicated to figure out. You first have to figure out your “Average Weekly Wage,” and then you calculate your “Weekly Compensation Rate.” Don’t worry, I’ll …
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Posted by Erin Gallivan | Workers Comp Benefits
Posted by Tristan Larson | Car Accident
Car crashes and deaths have steadily increased in Vermont in 2020. This seems surprising – aren’t cars getting safer, roads getting better, and fewer people driving while under the influence of drugs and alcohol? All of those things are true, and yet car accidents and fatalities have increased recently. Vermont is on track to match …
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Posted by Tristan Larson | Car Accident
In most car crashes, it’s clear who caused the accident by acting carelessly. It’s the driver who ran the red light, or pulled out into oncoming traffic or was distracted by a phone. Often, the police report states that one or the other of the drivers was at fault. What happens when the evidence isn’t …
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Posted by Tristan Larson | Car Accident
According to estimates by the car insurance industry, the average American can expect to be involved in 3 to 4 car accidents in their lifetime. Those who are lucky will only experience only fender benders. These are minor accidents that result in little or no vehicle damage or reported injuries. They also tend to settle …
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Posted by Tristan Larson | Car Accident
Every year, there are approximately two million car accidents in the United States that cause injuries (but no deaths). Another four million car crashes damage the vehicles without reported injury to people. These crashes cost Americans something like $75 billion each year. Most of us can expect to be in at least one car accident …
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Posted by Erin Gallivan | Workers Comp Laws
The new Vermont COVID-19 workers compensation law made it easier for an employee to prove a worker’s compensation claim for a COVID-19 diagnosis. How will this apply to school employees such as teachers, college professors, principals, paraeducators, custodians, cafeteria workers, guidance counselors, and school staff? In a normal workers compensation claim, the employee has to …
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Posted by Tristan Larson | Personal Injury
My new name started on an airline flight to trial lawyer camp. Not long ago, I had the chance to spend a month on a ranch in the hills of Wyoming at Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer College – a lifelong dream. For nearly a month I lived on a ranch miles from town with …
