The concept of “workers’ compensation” can summon up images of industrial accidents, but it is more commonly used to help people who have suffered gradual health problems due to constant conditions at the workplace. One common example is repetitive stress injuries, which are also known as repetitive motion injuries or cumulative trauma injuries.   These…

When the issue of workers’ compensation comes up, there are certain types of injuries that people usually think of first. Back injuries and repetitive stress injuries are often what people associate the most with getting hurt at work. While countless workers’ compensation claims are filed for those types of injuries, there are many other ways…

A Houston car accident lawyer may have difficulty in defending a case if certain laws are broken. For example, a person’s failure to use a seat belt, though it did not cause the car accident, could jeopardize his or her settlement if it can be shown that the failure to use a seat belt caused…