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Here's one for personal injury lawyers.
Suppose a disabled man's wife is injured in an accident and can no longer assist him in his daily care. Can he recover the cost of professional caretaker services when suing for loss of consortium?
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The state Department of Health and Human Resources is tabling a plan to reorganize the state's Medicaid program.
Agency officials want to give themselves and lawmakers, who had been critical of the changes, more time to study the issue.
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NASHVILLE - Buyout offers to state employees have been designed to minimize a loss of government services, Gov. Phil Bredesen said Wednesday.
Bredesen is cutting almost 2,300 of 47,000 jobs from the state payroll to save $64 million a year during an economic downturn.
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In this document, the Commission extends the outage reporting requirements of the Commission's rules to interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers and defers action with respect to reporting of outages of broadband Internet services. In addition, the NPRM for The Proposed Extension of Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Regarding Outage Reporting to Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol Service Providers and Broadband Internet Service Providers proposal included reporting of both outages based on the complete loss of service and those where, while service is technically available, technical conditions effectively prevent communication. The rule adopted applies only to outages resulting from complete loss of service and only to interconnected VoIP services. C...
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A deprivation of a family member, such as a parent or spouse, of the right to benefit from the performance of various duties, cou...
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Dozens of people crowded into the Erie County Legislature chambers Tuesday night to plead with lawmakers to restore budget cuts made by departing County Executive Chris Collins.
Some wanted to save 228 social services jobs that are on the line. Others wanted funding for arts and cultural organizations restored.
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Randolph Satterfield, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellant.
John Karaczynski, Los Angeles, CA, argued (R.T. Beard, III, Little Rock, AR, Richard G....
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Another change already implemented is that the health department in Helena is deciding who is eligible for case management services. Since Jan. 1, the Mental Health Center's quality assurance team processed six intakes and determined that the applicants were eligible for such services.
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A national program that provides financial support for local aging programs is set to end next year, which could mean the loss of services to more than 180,000 family caregivers in West Virginia, advocates say.
The National Family Caregivers Association called Tuesday for a national movement to draw attention to issues family caregivers face, and made several recommendations to help support their services. The association sponsored a National Town Hall Meeting on Family Caregiving in Washington, D.C., that included a bipartisan coalition of congressional members and several family caregiver organizations.
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Results include the recently announced addition to loss reserves of $305 million
RIVERWOODS, Ill. -- Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) today r...