by Charles Buchanan | Apr 4, 2012 | Accidents, Benefits, Health, highway accidents, Injury Claims, insurance, medical care, no fault insurance, no fault states, Payments, Personal Injury, Uncategorized
On our recent appearance on Truth About Trucking Live, we were asked about "No Fault" automobile insurance and how it impacts the rights of truckers injured in highway accidents. This is a common question that deserves an answer. Most states follow a traditional fault based automobile insurance models. In these states, your state mandated liability insurance [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 26, 2012 | Accidents, Benefits, Health, Injury Claims, insurance, Medicaid, medical care, Social Security Disability, SSD, SSI, Supplemental Security Income
In this installment of "Getting Medical Care After an Injury," we discuss Medicare. As discussed in prior posts, hurt truckers have a difficult time getting medical care. Trucking companies often fire injured truck drivers causing them to lose health insurance and then deny workers' compensation medical benefits. As discussed in prior posts, Medicaid is a program [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 20, 2012 | Accidents, Benefits, Injury Claims, Injury Rating, Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Workers Compensation
A truck driver recently reached out to us and asked three questions: What is the difference between Workers Compensation and Personal Injury cases? Can you have both types going at the same time? How do you file a civil (Personal Injury) suit? These are important questions we often get from hurt truck [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 13, 2012 | Accidents, Attorney, Benefits, Federal law, Payments, Trucker rights, Uncategorized
In our last post, we we discussed Social Security Disability (SSD) as a way for hurt truck drivers to pay bills when they cannot work. In this segment of "Paying Bills After An Injury", we discuss a similar program called Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSI is a federal government benefit program that pays monthly benefits [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 8, 2012 | Accidents, ankle injuries, Benefits, foot injuries, Health, Injury Claims, knee injuries, Leg injuries, medical care, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation
In our prior post on common trucking injuries, we discussed shoulder, elbow and wrist injuries. In this post, we discuss common leg and foot injuries that prevent truckers from working. Leg and foot injuries can be debilitating and can take a truck driver months – or even years – to recover, and with certain injuries [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 5, 2012 | Accidents, Attorney, Benefits, Federal law, Injury Claims, insurance, Payments, Trucker rights
In our prior post on “Paying Bills After an Injury,” we discussed private disability insurance. We continue the segment in this post discussing Social Security Disability benefits. Many people think that Social Security is just a retirement program. That is not the case. Under certain circumstances, Social Security also provides disability benefits to those who [...]
