Your example is a good illustration of why there is a difference and sometimes a great difference. A 30 year old who has many years of earnings...

I also am unable to see how the school or its staff did anything willfully or wantonly. Without it you can't recover.

Yes, you can sue and hypothetically win a dramshop case or a personal injury case but you will very likely lose quite a bit of work and time, It...

In order to sue someone the other side has to do something wrong that damaged you. One that happens, you have to pay for the costs of your suit....

There's no requirement that you continue to work for an employer after an injury. That quitting can have some affects on the case, depending on...

I suspect that the correct term is "accidental" if the lorazepam had been prescribed and was in the drawer or medicine cabinet already. If she was...

Workers' Comp. law doesn't care whether you were fired. The only requirement is that your injuries arose out of and in the course of your work. So,...

The arbitrator typically has to read the medical reports of several if not many cases that (s)he heard in a given day, and that takes a lot of...

While there is technically no discovery in Workers' Compensation, it is unusual (but not required) for a hearing to be held when the petitioner's...

I also agree that you need to handle this as a Workers' Comp. case. It will probably get very complicated.