Std On Rise Due To Mental Health Issues

By Author: Judy Morrow
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Traumatic brain injuries have led to mental health issues for many automobile accident victims. As a result of mental health issues, studies across America have indicated that 78 percent of STD and 67 percent of LTD claims are being filed. Today at Toronto personal injury lawyers, we will be looking at why disease claims are being called in by people with mental health issues.

Over the last few years, the aforementioned disease claims have been on the rise for slip fall accident victims, because it is the only way that they can receive compensation from the insurance company. Essentially, it is nearly impossible for someone who has suffered a broken bone or cut on a slip fall or minor auto accident to file a successful claim. However, by claiming that you caught an STD as a result of the cut on your fall, you can receive a better accident benefits compensation package.

Aside from STD and LTD claims being on the rise, so too are wrongful dismissal cases. Simply put, you can be fired for literally anything now a days. As a result, many people are filing wrongful dismissal lawsuits, if their employer when missing ...
... time due to an injury no longer pays them. With this being the case, personal injury lawyers across Canada and the United States, have their hands full, because they need to support plaintiffs while sometimes also having to defend business or employers.

On CNN, a recent case study took the two concepts of disease and wrongful dismissal as a result of mental illness into account. In essence, a former nurse at a major hospital in the US was fired, after her work was no longer up to par. The reason for her lack of working ability was the combination of having cancer and a family tragedy, send her into depression. She was successful in her claim, as the hospital had no right to fire her.