If you have suffered financial loss due to a crime, then you can benefit from The Mandatory Restitution Act of 1996. This act established procedures that determine the amount of restitution to which a victim is entitled to. Essentially, restitution provides victims with compensation that they are entitled to due to their own losses suffered as a result of someone else committing an offense. In some cases, this may be something that a defendant agrees to repay as part of a plea agreement.
A large number of former National Football League (NFL) players have been diagnosed with or have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. A definitive diagnosis so far can be made only post-mortem. However, an increasing number of former players are reporting symptoms of CTE. According to 2017 study on brains of deceased gridiron football players, 99% of tested brains of NFL players, 88% of Canadian Football League (CFL) players, 64% of semi-professional players, 91% of college football players, and 21% of high school football players had various stages of CTE. However, this study had several limitations, including possible selection bias as families of players with symptoms of CTE are far more likely to donate brains to research than those without signs of the disease. Despite the limitations, the study still showed that CTE is far more common than once believed.
Personal injury cases can take months; even years to finally resolve. However, the stress doesn’t always end after finally receiving compensation. There are many instances where the defendant is subject to income tax that applies to a personal injury settlement. One of the most frequently asked questions is whether or not the defendant has to pay taxes on settlements. The good news is that most money received is typically non-taxable. Let’s look at some cases where you may have to pay taxes and how to protect your settlement from the IRS.
Survivors of Sandy Hook school shooting victims recently announced a $73 million settlement with insurers for the now-bankrupt Remington Arms, maker of the rifle used in the killings in 2012. The case centered on allegations Remington marketed the weapon in a way that encouraged illegal violence. Jacob D. Charles, executive director at Duke University Center for Firearms Law, discusses the settlement’s significance for future lawsuits against gun makers.
One visionary physician, Mark Gordon, MD, has successfully treated both veterans and civilians with traumatic brain injury by restoring neurosteroid levels. Working with veterans who have sustained significant combat injuries to the brain, Dr. Gordon has restored wholeness to their lives. Hopefully, his innovative work with neurosteroids will find its way into mainstream medicine to help the millions suffering with traumatic brain injury
Colorado is expected to get more than $150 million from a multi-billion-dollar national settlement with CVS and Walgreens for their roles in the opioid crisis. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Monday he finalized agreements with the two pharmacy companies as part of a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general that worked to secure more than $10 billion nationwide. CVS will pay $5 billion, and Walgreens will pay $5.7 billion, totaling $10.7 billion.
Mike Inglis knows he probably will receive little from the $353 million verdict a Jefferson County jury reached this week in the civil case he brought against the driver who struck and killed his wife, Gwen, last year while the couple were riding bikes on West Alameda Parkway. But it’s important to send a message about drunken and distracted driving, he said.
Insys Therapeutics is the only drug marketer whose top executives were jailed as part of the opioid epidemic. The fallout from the company’s cash-for-scrips strategy that made it a Wall Street favorite reverberates today. With two weeks to go in the year, Alec Burlakoff dashed off an urgent email to sales representative Daniel Tondre.
The Regional Transportation District has filed a confidential investigation report on its September light-rail train derailment with state regulators and is now working on repairs to the damaged section of the R-Line, the agency said Monday. RTD is sticking with its plan to restore service to a four-mile segment between the Florida and 13th Avenue stations sometime in December, though a news release says it might resume sooner. That will depend in part on discussions with Aurora city officials about the “train-traffic interface,” in which the R-Line turns 90 degrees, at street level, through the intersection of South Sable Boulevard and East Exposition Drive.
A man killed after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the road in southeast Colorado Springs earlier this month has been identified as 58-year-old Rondell Winn, Colorado Springs police said Wednesday.
Around 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 14, police responded to the area of the 1900 block of South Academy Boulevard, near the intersection with Chelton Road, for an auto-pedestrian crash. Officers arrived to find a deceased male on scene who had been hit by a vehicle while crossing Academy Boulevard, police said.