While the coronavirus has changed life for everyone, it has NOT changed our first priority to you: Protecting your safety and legal rights! With that in mind, we prepared a brief guide to help answer the most common concerns we are hearing right now from clients and new clients...
This month’s newsletter looks at military medical malpractice and the challenges faced by our men and women who give up so much to protect all Americans. Click here to read the March 2020 newsletter.
WEAR and TEAR injuries, commonly referred to as repetitive motion or repetitive strain injuries, are one of the most commonly-occurring types of injury in the United States today. All of the disorders that constitute this broad category are worsened by the repeated, continual actions that individuals perform as part...
A startling new report details how corporate corner-cutting, lax federal oversight, and relentless attacks on our legal rights are threatening the safety of millions of Americans. Click here to read the February 2020 newsletter.
With winter upon us, the risk for slip and fall accidents due to snow and ice increase. While snow and ice are considered “natural hazards” that are beyond property owners’ control, there are circumstances under which residential and commercial property owners can be held liable for winter weather-related accidents...
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the result of inflamed tissue throughout the arms, wrists, and hands. This painful condition is a common experience for many office employees who repetitively utilize their hands and wrists in order to operate keyboards and other computer equipment on a daily basis. Carpal tunnel syndrome...
This month’s newsletter addresses the serious health concerns over the effects of vaping and the alarming growth of vape use by young people. Click here to read the January 2020 newsletter.
When you submit a claim to obtain workers’ compensation benefits, you, as the petitioner, bear the burden of proof in establishing that you, in fact, sustained an injury, and that the injury was sustained within the scope of your employment. As opposed to a normal civil lawsuit, you are...
All of us at Petro Cohen, P.C. wish you a happy and safe holiday season! Click here to read the December 2019 Holiday newsletter.
WEAR and TEAR injuries, also referred to within the medical and legal professional industries as repetitive strain injuries, cumulative trauma disorders, or “occupational exposure” injuries; are a category of activity-related soft-tissue injuries that encompass tendonitis, forearm myalgia, and nerve entrapment syndromes, among a multitude of other related physical conditions....