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Your current state is Virginia
It depends greatly on what you mean by 'offer'. Did they pay you for the time off work? Did they cover your medical bills? did you suffer any permanent disability? Did you report the injury at all?
A consultation with a workers comp attorney in your area is required to assure that... Read more »
We did have a court appointed attorney who wouldn't work with us. My husband works from 6am to after 4 Monday through Saturday. We tried to email her information and asked for conference calls and she refused. When we arrived at court the day of the the Adjudication hearing the attorney asked... Read more »
If the case was continued then you have time to hire an attorney to help you with the case. Meet with an attorney so they can review your case and once the attorney has a handle on what has happened they will be able to explain your options.
State constitutions, Executive Orders, ect.
A fundamental way is through the Constitution's Supremacy Clause, which essentially states that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the "Supreme Law of the Land" and take priority over conflicting state laws.
Here's the actual text (Article VI) "This... Read more »
My manager wrote a counseling statement on me shortly after I accused him of singling me out due to my age.
Both federal and state law prohibit an employer from retaliating against an employee for objecting to unlawful age discrimination. There a number of factual issues that would need to be addressed before anyone could provide "advice" on this matter.
Left everything to her daughter in will. Do I have anything to fight for if the house was still in both step mom and my fathers name on deed?
If the deed was held in your father and step-mom's names as joint tenants, with right of survivorship, or tenancy by entirety, then when he died, yes, "everything", including full legal title to the property, went to her.
If the deed says they held title as tenants in common,... Read more »
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