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The elderly citizens are the very heart of the population that needs to be taken good care because of their frailty to resist any threats that they might encounter if they're alone and away from their families. As much as possible, their loved ones look for the best nursing home with friendly and accommodating staffs that will attend to every need of the elderly until they got better. Yet, seeing the conditions of many elderly in nursing homes today seems to be alarming and disturbing that attorneys in Columbia SC are now in doubt if such facilities are still the best place for many elderly that are often neglected and abuse but were not able to complain due to some health issues.

Drunk driving has been one of the controversial cases these days as many offenders managed to get off the case and have it repeatedly dropped off through the loopholes of the recent DUI laws. These laws that include installing of video cameras to check on offenders during the sobriety test are expected to lessen the number of accidents of many drivers under the influence of alcohol. However, passing a tougher law against these intoxicated road hoodlums seems to be worthless, since most of the drunken driving cases are thrown out even though, the offenders are already caught on camera.

Accidents can happen at the most unexpected moment and in the most unexpected place. But this will be a great challenge for an injured person in identifying their source for paying the medical bills that include the health insurance, medical payments coverage, and liability coverage. But if the accident happened while on the job, the injured person is eligible for a workers' compensation. Yet, cases happen when some companies are too reluctant to provide the worker's compensation that victims deserve.

Getting involved in a car accident could be too troublesome that many drivers will try their hardest to avoid it in fear that they might hit a higher car insurance rate in the coming years. A recent study reveals that even when a driver claim once, 41% more on car insurance based on several factors to determine the increase in rate will be asked in the coming years.

American Trucking Association (ATA) had expressed their disappointments in the study findings released by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) after the agency failed to show fairness and clarity in regards to trucking accidents where drivers are not at fault. That for the FMCSA, crash accountability analysis is expensive and time consuming; furthermore, will not improve the Compliance, Safety, Accountability's (CSA) ability in identifying carriers most at risk of future accidents.