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Trucking Company Licensing & Insurance Information

If a transportation company is interested in participating in interstate commerce, they will be regulated by the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Part of those regulations involves the licensing and insurance requirements for operating a trucking company.
Licensing
Before the first truck rolls, a trucking company must register with the Department of Transportation [...]

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What Does It Mean To Total a Car?

Having an accident is usually an emotional experience. You may be angry, scared and feel vulnerable all at once. Even if no one is hurt it is still an upsetting event for most people. After the accident, the police reports and so on, you have to deal with filing an insurance claim and either getting [...]

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Common Causes for Loss of a Limb

Common causes for loss of a limb are amputation or injury. Amputation of a limb refers to the removal of an arm or leg, via surgical intervention. Surgical amputations are frequently done to control the disease process in cancer, or gangrene. Other common causes for loss of a limb are medical conditions such as diabetes [...]

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FDA Warnings on Yaz

Did you know that, since 2003, the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued four letters to Bayer – the manufacturer of the oral contraceptive / birth control pill called Yaz – reprimanding the company?
The first two letters were regarding misleading advertising in television spots, which downplayed the severity of the side-effects of the [...]

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The Rights of Consumers Against Creditor Harassment

-          Creditors must abide by strict rules when contacting debtors
-          Consumers are protected against harassment from creditors
Customers are protected against harassment from creditors under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The Act prohibits creditors from threatening customers, making repeated phone calls to harass the customer or making false statements such as threats to contact your [...]

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Causes of Brain Injury

A brain injury occurs as a result of a sudden jolt; blow to the head or following a penetrating injury, and results in varying degrees of interrupted brain function. Brain injuries are considered mild to severe with persons displaying a momentary change in mental status after a mild incident, to severe cases where individuals experience [...]

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Trucking Company Evidence to Obtain After an Accident

Not every truck driving accident is the fault of the driver. In some instances, you will find that they followed every regulation, checked their vehicle when required and didn’t do anything illegal. This will leave you without anyone to hold liable for your injuries – that is, unless you can show that the trucking company [...]

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Truck Brake Imbalances

One type of brake performance problem that can result from poor maintenance is brake imbalance. This situation can be caused by problems and deficiencies that will affect some brakes, while not affecting others. This can occur with brakes that have components that are mismatched, thus causing some brakes to work harder than the others. This [...]

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Recurring Arrhythmia

Arrhythmia (also known as cardiac dysrhythmia) is a term used to describe a group of medical conditions characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the heart. With this condition, the heart beat may be irregular or too fast or too slow.
What is an arrhythmia?
An arrhythmia may be a single event or it can reoccur chronically and [...]

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Common Types of Tax Fraud

Tax fraud, otherwise known as tax evasion, is when one takes illegal means in order to not pay taxes. Tax fraud has multiple forms, each punishable by the government.
Withholding Information
One of the most common types of tax fraud involves purposefully withholding information from tax forms. In many cases, people leave out income taken in from [...]

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