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How to Get the Most Out of a Car Accident Settlement
When you are injured in a car accident, your first thought probably is not, “How do I get the best settlement possible?” You are focused on getting medical care, replacing…
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Workers’ Comp vs. Personal Injury: Can I File Both in Iowa?
If you’re injured on the job in Iowa, your first thought is probably workers’ compensation. But what many people don’t realize is you may also have the right to file…
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Waiting to File Your Claim in Iowa Could Cost You Everything
After an accident, it’s natural to focus on recovery, repairs, and getting life back to normal. Filing a legal claim might feel like something you can handle later. Although the…
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What to Do After a Car Accident, 3 Common Mistakes to Avoid
Getting hurt in a car accident isn’t just painful—it’s overwhelming. In the moments after a crash, you’re dealing with shock, confusion, and uncertainty. Then come the follow-up problems: insurance companies…
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How Does Workers’ Compensation Work? A Simple Guide for Injured Workers
If you’re hurt at work, everything gets confusing fast. You’re dealing with pain, missed paychecks, and a process you’re probably experiencing for the first time. Workers’ compensation exists to protect…
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Painful Reality: Children are Cheaper to Injure
A new Iowa law purports to allow 16 and 17-year-old kids to work in construction, roofing, manufacturing and other hazardous jobs. The new law is controversial for any number of…
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Adding Insult to Injury: Work Injuries and Mental Health
(This piece was originally published in The Prairie Progressive) Workplace injuries reveal the harsh realities many workers face when trying to secure the benefits they are legally entitled to. These…
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Health care for the benefit of businesses, not patients
Imagine you are never allowed to choose your doctor. Imagine you are never allowed to choose your health insurance company. Instead, the insurance company you did not select picks the…
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Working with Common Purpose
In 2017, Iowa Republicans rewrote our public sector collective bargaining law Chapter 20. This dramatically took away the rights of Iowa public sector workers to bargain a contract. However, there…
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Indentured Servitude in Iowa
This essay previously appeared in the Prairie Progressive, Cedar Rapids Gazette, and Bleeding Heartland. If you have never had to learn or appreciate what a non-competition agreement, or non-compete is,…
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