When you're building a homestead or the organic farm of your dreams from the ground up, it's tempting to carry that DIY ethic over to the legal aspects of buying and using property. Unfortunately, trying to figure out complex zoning laws, land use restrictions, and other legal complications related to your project on your own can lead to costly mistakes. Getting advice from the right lawyer can help you settle these four common sustainable living questions the correct way.
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As a personal trainer, you have the opportunity to help people change their lives for the better as they start the journey to greater fitness. Part of your business, however, should be making sure that you do all you can to reduce your personal liability for any injuries that your clients might face. Here's how you can conduct your business while protecting yourself from becoming responsible for any damages in a personal-injury case.
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There's no doubt about it—people make mistakes. Some mistakes, however, can cause what seems like a never-ending, gloomy downward spiral that begins in a state of oblivion and wreaks havoc on the person's job stability... like getting pulled over one night while intoxicated from alcohol. If you have been pulled over and charged with a DUI recently, you may be wondering about what happened that fateful night and questions about your future job security, especially since a DUI conviction can be expensive.
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Thanks to the rise of the "gig economy," a growing number of Americans are turning to freelancing as a way to earn a living. Currently, 53 million workers -- or 34 percent of the U.S. workforce -- are freelancers, with that number set to rise to 40 percent by 2020. Working as an independent contractor means operating under a different set of rules, especially when it comes to workers' compensation benefits.
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If you've recently undergone a serious medical procedure and aren't recovering as quickly as you'd hoped, you may be alarmed to learn that your delayed recovery isn't through any fault of your own body but a slip-up during surgery or even a mistake in the amount of medication prescribed after surgery. Ordinarily, the proper remedy for those injured by physician negligence is a medical malpractice lawsuit. However, your ability to collect the full spectrum of potential available damages may be altered after the passage of a 2015 law raising the cap on medical malpractice judgments in Indiana.
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