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How much is a Middletown work shoulder injury worth if my employee can't return?
If you guess low, you underreserve the claim, your workers' comp premium gets hit later, and a "simple shoulder...
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How do I prove a drunk driver on US-13 should reimburse my employee's injury costs?
The worst case is this: your workers' compensation carrier pays first, but you cannot force the drunk driver's...
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Can my employee get another doctor after the workers comp exam says he's fine?
$0 should come out of your employee's pocket for covered workers' comp treatment in Delaware, and the insurance...
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What evidence do I need to prove fault after a Middletown collapse hurt my child?
The mistake that costs families the most money is waiting while the scene gets cleaned up. After a collapse, fencing...
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What evidence do I need if insurer blames my child for a Smyrna pedestrian crash?
The part that surprises most parents is this: the insurer is usually building a fault case against your child on day...
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my kid got hit in a Wilmington crosswalk do I report it if I'm undocumented?
The worst mistake is staying silent because you think filing for your injured child could trigger deportation. It...
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I gave a fake SSN after my Newark work injury, did I ruin my case?
$0 of your right to Delaware workers' compensation disappears just because you used the wrong Social Security...
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Do I need special notice to sue Delaware after a Milford ice-crash?
A recent Delaware Supreme Court ruling kept the big rule in place: the deadline is still 2 years for most injury...
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Why is the Milford insurer asking me to sign a Medicare repayment form?
A common mistake is signing that form right after a crash on Route 1 near Milford because it looks like routine...
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Milford insurer keeps lowballing me after my kid's dog bite, do I need a lawyer?
The one thing the insurer is hoping you never find out: if you sign a cheap release now, the case can be over for...
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How long to file after my brother got hit near a Dover bus stop?
A civil complaint in Delaware Superior Court usually must be filed within 2 years of the date of the injury. If a...
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Key Terms

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retaliatory discharge
$10,000 in lost wages can pile up fast after an injury, and insurers or defense lawyers may try to treat a firing...
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cancer cluster
A cancer cluster is a greater-than-expected number of cancer cases occurring within a group of people, a geographic...
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excited utterance
Miss this rule, and a key statement made right after a crash, fall, or other emergency may get brushed off as...
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asbestosis
What does it mean if someone is diagnosed with asbestosis? It means they have a chronic lung disease caused by...
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latency period
Why can someone be exposed to a harmful substance and not get sick until much later? The answer is the latency...
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present sense impression
A case can fall apart when the clearest statement about what happened gets brushed aside as hearsay. A present sense...
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probative value
Think of a blurry phone photo after a crash: it may be dramatic, but if it does not actually help answer what...
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spoliation of evidence
The loss, destruction, alteration, or failure to preserve evidence that could matter in a legal claim. "Evidence"...
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sovereign immunity
The worst mistake people make is assuming a government claim works like a regular car wreck claim. It doesn't. Think...
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dose-response relationship
You just got a letter that says the experts are disputing the "dose-response relationship" in your chemical exposure...
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adverse inference
Not a finding that someone automatically lied or lost the case, an adverse inference is a permitted conclusion that...
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prejudicial effect
People often mix up prejudicial effect with probative value. Probative value is how much a piece of evidence...
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demonstrative evidence
Not every visual aid shown in a case is the original proof of what happened. A chart, timeline, model, animation, or...
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business records exception
Like a timeclock printout or a hospital chart made during a busy shift, some records are trusted because they were...
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foundation
You just got a letter that says your photos, medical records, or witness statement may be challenged for "lack of...
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hearsay
An out-of-court statement offered to prove that what it says is true is usually hearsay, and courts generally do not...
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preservation letter
Like hitting "save" before a phone dies, a preservation letter is a fast written demand telling someone not to...
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at-will employment
What surprises most people is what this does not mean: it does not give an employer a free pass to fire someone for...
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best evidence rule
People often confuse the best evidence rule with hearsay, but they solve different problems. Hearsay is about...
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authentication
How do you prove that a photo, text message, medical record, or video is actually what you say it is? That is...
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