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When you are hurt on the job in Rhode Island, you should be covered by your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance. This requires making a workers' compensation claim, which can help pay your medical bills and cover a percentage of your wages. Of course, you need to know how to file...

With a few exceptions, if you are employed in Rhode Island and suffer a work-related injury or an occupational illness, you have a right to workers’ compensation under the Rhode Island system. The Rhode Island workers’ compensation program is a “no-fault” insurance program. An injured or ill employee eligible for...

Workers’ compensation is a state-mandated insurance program that provides benefits to covered employees who are injured as a result of a workplace accident or who contract an occupational illness. Typical benefits provided by the Rhode Island workers’ compensation system provide money to help the injured worker pay medical expenses and...

If you are employed in Rhode Island, you are covered by workers’ compensation. This is a state-administered insurance program. It provides money for medical expenses and lost wages to employees who are injured while working. However, you have to meet a variety of requirements to obtain Rhode Island workers’ compensation...

Studies from several medical institutions in the United States and elsewhere have found a link between popular antidepressant drugs and birth defects. Mothers who took certain antidepressants have been shown to have a much greater likelihood of giving birth to a baby with birth defects — many of them severe...

Have you settled a workplace injury case for weekly workers’ compensation benefits that have lasted for six months or more and are supposed to continue? If so, you may want to consider filing for a lump-sum payment that will end your employers’ involvement – and the insurance company’s – in...

At any given daylight moment in America, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or texting with their electronic devices while driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). But these are not the only forms of distracted driving. The distracted driving lawyers of Gemma Law Associates know...

If you have a disease or injury that is so serious that you cannot work, not only are you worried about your health, but also about your finances. Fortunately, the federal government offers a disability program that may be able to provide you with financial benefits while you cannot work...

In Rhode Island, those who can’t work because they are injured or ill can apply for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits. These benefits offer monthly income to people who have a disability that makes it impossible to hold down a job or earn a living. Unfortunately, the success rate for...

Getting Tougher on Drunk Driving Rhode Island has joined 27 other states in requiring ignition lock devices for anyone convicted of drunk driving, including first-time offenders. These devices require drivers to blow into them to test blood alcohol levels before starting the car. "It’s not the silver bullet to end...