A lawsuit filed by a teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student has brought to the national conversation the limitations of Virginia’s Worker’s Compensation Law. The Newport News instructor is suing the public school system, as this first-grade teacher was hospitalized for two weeks, and endured several surgeries after a bullet struck her hand…
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Can I change jobs if I am hurt at work? Workers compensation laws can get complicated, and downright dizzying when trying to follow the variations from state to state. This is one of those questions we are asked fairly regularly. The short answer is, yes, but it depends. If you are out of work with…
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Members of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) came from such diverse states as Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina and New York, among others, to attend the recent American Association for Justice (AAJ) winter convention in Miami, Florida. Some of the best workplace injury and disability lawyers…
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