International
Saturday, 07 January 2012 09:02
Epidurals Linked to Paralysis Seen With $300 Billion Pain Market
Valinda Parrish talks to her 60- year-old husband like a doting mother speaks to a child. “I am going to go outside for a little bit,” she tells him. “Use your horn if you need me.”Rollie Parrish, nearly blind and in a wheelchair, toots the air horn he keeps on his lap if he wants something to eat or has to go to the bathroom. Four years ago, the Vietnam veteran had just spent a…
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Monday, 28 November 2011 21:03
MMR Victim Refused Compensation For Not Being Disabled Enough
It has now been proven that the ‘Vaccine Damage Payments Unit’ (VDPU) not only cherry pick who they award compensation to, depending on the level of disability but also change their rules to suit their needs, as they go along.Katie Stephen has been left permanently and profoundly deaf in her left ear as a result of receiving the now banned MMR vaccine Pluserix. Despite her injury however, Katie has been refused compensation for her disability…
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 06:55
Use of the AMA Guides in the Illinois Workers' Compensation System
On June 28, 2011, the governor of Illinois signed House Bill 1698. This bill represented a major workers' compensation reform package for the state. Section 8.1b of the bill significantly affects how permanent partial disability will be determined in workers' compensation cases. Specifically, it states the following: Determination of permanent partial disability. For accidental injuries that occur on or after September 1, 2011, permanent partial disability shall be established using the following criteria: (a) A…
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:23
Philippines may sue if CTV building liability found
The Philippines government wants extra compensation for the families of its citizens killed in the Christchurch earthquake if inquiries find the Canterbury TV building was not up to scratch.All 11 Philippines nationals killed in the magnitude 6.3 quake were studying at the King's English language school in the ill-fated Canterbury TV building when it collapsed and caught fire.The Philippines government's first priority was repatriation but if a Royal Commission of Inquiry found liability then the…
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