Think you know a lot about workers’ compensation claims in Minnesota? Or do you want to try your hand at guessing? Test your knowledge with our 10-question quiz! (All data has been taken from the 2012 Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Claims Characteristics pamphlet.) 1) Which type of work-related injury resulted in ...
No. Child support and parenting time are considered two separate issues. A parent cannot deny parenting time to the other because that parent is not paying child support or is behind on their child support payments. Attached to all court orders dealing with child support and/or spousal maintenance is a ...
The decision is out on United States v. Windsor, and the United States Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, has decided that The Defense of Marriage Act, the law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states, is unconstitutional. US v. Windsor The basic facts of ...
Minnesota legislators made a revision to the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act earlier this month, adding a clause that makes “mental-mental” injuries compensable. The revision specifically changes how claims of post-traumatic stress-disorder are viewed under Minnesota law. PTSD was previously viewed as a disease that arose “out of and in the ...
A new study known as the “Workers’ Perspective on Settlements and Hearings” has shed some light on how claimants view the workers’ compensation process in Minnesota. To narrow their study, researchers focused on individuals who settled their claim outside of the courtroom. Their goal was “to ensure voluntary settlements are ...
The legalization of same sex marriage in Minnesota has been a hot topic around the state and on this blog over the past few days. We’ve talked about the celebration surrounding the passage of the bill, and we’ve looked at a history of gay marriage in the United States. Today, ...
May 14th, 2013 will forever be remembered as the day Minnesota became just the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage. Although the law won’t go into effect until August 1, the bill’s passage means many new changes are on the horizon for gay couples. In recognition of the bill, we ...
Minnesota will become just the 12th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriages when Governor Mark Dayton signs the bill Tuesday. Supporters of the bill gathered at the capital Monday to celebrate the vote making its way through the Senate, and they once again lined the steps on Tuesday ...
An advertising campaign in Spain is taking a unique approach to protect kids who are victims of child abuse; by targeting them at their level. Literally. Ad Campaign The campaign was started by an organization called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation, and their advertisements display different ...
We’ve written about effective communicative technologies during a divorce on this blog before, but many people are unaware of how common it is for electronic correspondences to make their way into the court room. A recent study by the American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers found that some sort of social ...
