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Sailors, Maritime Workers Protected By Special Laws For On-the-Job Injuries - Click To Read Article
Sailors and maritime workers who are injured on the job do have remedies to seek to get recovery for damages and expenses incurred. But there’s a totally different set of laws to protect maritime workers than for workers injured on the land.

Don’t Cut & Gut Michigan No Fault Says Attorney Terry Cochran - Click To Read Article
Michigan’s No Fault Law has worked well for several years, serving as a model for other states. Now, in a cost-cutting attempt, the Michigan Legislature is proposing changes that will gut this fine law.

Hip Replacement Recall Attorney Says DuPuy Misled Patients - Click To Read Article
After receiving findings that its ASR hip implant was faulty, DuPuy Orhtopedics actually waited a year before sending out a warning on March 5, 2010 to American surgeons that its implant had a higher than expected failure rate. Worse yet, the warning letters were not sent to American surgeons until three months after DePuy voluntarily withdrew its hip implant from the Australian market in December 2009. DePuy continued to promote and sell its faulty hip implant in America for six months after the Australian withdrawal before finally recalling the ASR hip implant in the U.S. in August 2010.

Snowmobiles Will Have Great Impact On Michigan Economy In 2011 But Will Have Even Greater Impact On Avoidable Accidents - Click To Read Article
Snowmobiling has a great economic impact on the State of Michigan but let's not kill the goose that laid the golden egg. There are some things snowmobilers can and should do to have fun and be safe at the same time.

Pls Dnt Txt n Drv sz Ato Axidnt Atny Terry Cochran of Michigan - Click To Read Article
If such diverse persons as Oprah Winfrey and Ray LaHood are urging motorists not to text while driving then shouldn't we take them seriously and stop this deadly practice.

Michigan Slip and Fall Accidents Follow Grim National Pattern of Entrepeneurs Failing To Create Safe Walkways - Click To Read Article
Slip and Fall may make for funny YouTube videos but is no laughing matters for entrepeneurs who fail to keep sidewalks and walkways safe for their customers and others.

Boating and Personal Watercraft Businesses Still Booming for Entrepreneurs Across Great Lakes - Click To Read Article
Personal watercraft and privately owned boats are still the sports of choice in the Great Lakes region where entrepreneurs selling, repairing and maintaining jet skis and boats are being kept busy during our nation's economic slowdown.

Michigan Boating Accident Attorney Terry Cochran says Exercise Care on the Water - Click To Read Article
If we want to reduce watercraft accident and fatalities all we have to do is exercise a little care before launching and while out on the waters.

Infant Death From Overdose of Blood Thinner Heparin Tragically Was Not the First - Click To Read Article
Heparin is commonly administered after surgery or during kidney dialysis to keep blood in IV lines from clotting. But an incorrect dosage can lead to immediate consequences because a patient can quickly start bleeding internally. Some hospitals stopped using Heparin on infants in 2008, substituting a saline solution as a lower-risk alternative.

Call for Safety in Motorcycle Industry Will Challenge Resources of Motorcycle Shop Entrepreneurs Business Managers and Product Developeers - Click To Read Article
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters has proposed sweeping changes in the law that targets helmet use, tougher standards for helmet certification labelling, more rider education and training, and road designs that consider motorcycles. Business managers, entrepreneurs and product developers in the motorcycle industry are hopeful the more stringent measures, if enacted, won't result in a backlash from bikers.

Disturbing Trend in Michigan: Disability Claims Approved And Then Abruptly Taken Away Within a Year - Click To Read Article
Insurance companies sell group policies that some courts have ruled provide little or no coverage. Congress approved ERISA to “protect” employees’ pensions but in doing so unwittingly gave disability insurance companies a free pass to play the game on a field that is not level. That practice has been challenged by a lawsuit against insurance giant UnumProvident (Unum) charging that the insurance carrier devised a scheme to illegally deny or terminate the long-term disability claims of thousands of people in violation of ERISA.

Construction Accidents: Michigan’s Most Dangerous Work: Injured Workers Often Denied Claim for Recovery of Damages - Click To Read Article
Insurance claims are often denied just so insurance companies can meet their profit goals. Workman comp claims are also often denied, especially the first time around.

It Happened Again! Aging Trucker in Deadly Accident in Michigan When Are We Going to Insist on Mandatory Retirement at Age 65? We Do For Airline Pilots in Open Skies – Why Not Truckers on Busy Highways? - Click To Read Article
Trucking companies may want to voluntarily take action themselves to retire their drivers at an earlier age before the government steps in and acts. If trucking entrepeneurs don't act than the government certainly should.

Michigan Attorney Tells Entrepreneurs How Michigan Families Can Pay Major Unknown Costs From a Car Accident - Click To Read Article
Without warning, Michigan families when involved in an auto accident find themselves on a tight budget are faced with almost overwhelming questions, such as: who will pay for my medical bills, now and in the future? Who will pay for my car that’s damaged or totaled? How can I keep food on the table and the roof over the head of my family when all these sudden major costs have to be met? Entrepreneurs, although likely not on a tight budget, face some of the same issues the next day after a car accident.

What’s Wrong With Michigan Workers Compensation? Worker Who Defended Customer Left with $300,000 Medical Bill By McDonald’s - Click To Read Article
An employee working for McDonald's tried to help a customer, who was being badly beaten in the restaurant, was shot three times and had to undergo three surgeries which cost more than $300,000. The insurance company for McDonald's refused to pay the hospital bill. What's wrong here?

Michigan Workers’ Compensation Costs Have Risen Drastically Due To Explosive Growth In Health Care Costs - Click To Read Article
The number of claims filed are not primarily responsible for rising workers’ comp costs because many workers remain uninformed about their rights to benefits for workplace injury or occupational diseases. The fact is that almost all employers know far more about workers’ comp law than does the average employee. Although many employers are honest and well-intended, there are far, far too many unethical employers who will cheat their workers out of entitled benefits.

Insurance Agency Entrepreneurs or Business Managers Have An Untapped Source To Boost Income - Click To Read Article
If you are an entrepreneur of or business manager for an insurance agency than you do have a potential to increase revenue. In No Fault states like Michigan business owners and managers should be making concerted efforts to convince consumers that they need to sign up for a first party No Fault policy. This incremental increase in dollars received can be significant.

Entrepreneurs and Business Managers Are Comfortable With Flying But The Exception To a Safe Landing Almost Always Will be Deadly - Click To Read Article
Entrepreneurs and business managers who have to fly often because of the nature of their business feel comfortable on board and enjoy racking up frequent flier miles. But don't take for granted that all your flights will result in a safe landing. The exception almost always is fatal.

Entrepreneurs Should Donate Time to Help Good Causes Such As Combatting Drunk Driving Says Michigan Car Accident Attorney - Click To Read Article
Entrepreneurs and business managers should donate their time and talent to advance good causes. Michigan auto attorney Terry Cochran uses as an sample that entrepreneurs could adopt his campaign to combat drunk driving.

Entrepreneurs Caution Customers that Boaters Who Ignore Common Sense Drown in Their Own Foolishness - Click To Read Article
Entrepreneurs in the boating industry understand their customers face possible accidents and fatalities whenever they are on the water. Entrepreneurs want boaters to understnad that if they ignore common sense on the water they will drown in their own ignorance.

Businesses Know That Benefits For the Disabled Usually Denied When First Requested - Click To Read Article
Business owners and entrepeneurs know the truth but applicants don't realize that almost 70 percent of all SSD and SSI claims are denied upon initial application. Anyone who has been denied should immediately call an attorney to insure that their appeal is filed in a timely manner and that it meets procedural and legal requirements.

Birth Injury Occurs Often Enough to Impact Rising Insurance Premiums Facing Business - Click To Read Article
Business managers and entrepeneurs struggling with rising costs are taking a hard look at medical benefits. They need to be aware that the rising occurence of birth injuries does have a significant impact on rising medical costs. Birth trauma is an injury to the child during the delivery and a number of problems can occur during the birth of a child. If the doctor or nurse fails to respond quickly, the child can suffer permanent brain injury, Cerebral Palsy, nerve injury or even death. With a thorough evaluation of your labor and delivery, trained experts can pinpoint exactly when and if the birth or brain injury was due to negligence.

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