Father of four Ken Sullivan, who lives in Utah, applied to live on Mars without asking his wife He is among 1,058 people who have been selected to go through to the next round of the Mars One project, which is set to colonise the Red Planet His children say they will miss their father [...]
The Irish Injuries Board released its latest report in October 2013. The report found a significant increase in compensation received by personal injury claimants in 2012 . Injuries Board awards €157m for motor accidents in 2012 From January to July 2013, 5,286 Irish citizens lodged winning claims, which was a 2 percent increase over the [...]
Margaret McErlean told the Belfast Telegraph that she would have settled for a "fraction of the maximum scale amount" if her personal injuries claim against her school had been upheld on Monday. The teacher, who had worked at St Bride's Primary in south Belfast for more than 20 years, slipped and broke her arm in [...]
According to many divorce lawyers, including Attorney Irwin Pollack, founder of Family Law Group and its parent company, Pollack Law Group, more people file for divorce in January and February. Why this happens is a little more complicated. There are personal reasons that January and February are big divorce months for family law attorneys. The [...]
The calls follow the tragic case of a catastrophically brain-damaged baby whose mother died shortly after giving birth and whose father had to seek court intervention to allow him give consent for the withdrawal of his child’s life support. Eamonn Quinn of the Unmarried and Separated Parents of Ireland said law reform to grant automatic [...]
In this light, my 47-year-old self, the one who made that list of alarming signs of impending dotage, was falling into some predictable mental traps. Something weird happens to a lot of us around midlife. We suddenly stop trying stuff. Not because we can’t do it, necessarily, but because we imagine we can’t. Studies show [...]
A man who spent years acting as a supposed advocate for injured motorists may have taken his duties too far. By his own admission, 65-year-old Joseph Haddad persuaded accident victims to not only fabricate injuries but also seek powerful prescription pain killers and unnecessary, often prolonged medical treatment. Although some cases may have at first been legitimate—when Haddad [...]
In forecasting serious asbestos-related claims, some of the country’s largest insurers and consultants appear to be ignoring relevant changes in medical knowledge, demographics and even social media. As a third wave of costly asbestos-related claims strikes the nation in the years ahead, many insurers will be swamped with “unexpected” reserve charges, according to “A Third [...]
Limerick GAA is now counting the cost of the pitch invasion that greeted Limerick’s first Munster SHC title since 1996. Three people have taken personal injury claims against the association after “falls or slips” on the field as close to 30,000 Limerick fans cheered their new hurling heroes. As well as the financial hit to [...]
Small sidewalk plows haven't been able to cut through the thick layer of ice that's built up, and salt isn't effective in melting ice in temperatures below about -18 C or so. "The sidewalk machines don't have a lot of downward pressure, not like a road plow, so you can't really rip up the ice [...]