The divorce rate among the general population is extremely high. In the United States, the current divorce statistics is estimated at 50 percent. The divorce rate for first marriage is 41 percent, while the rate for second marriages is 60 percent. For third time marriages, the divorce rate is 73 percent. According to the Discovery Channel, the same channel that delivers to us Dangerous Catch and Gold Rush, the rate of divorce is slightly lower among couples who have children compared to childless couples. In the US, at least 66 percent of all divorced couples do not have children. Divorce and personal injury can be

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, coal mining employees have a higher risk of being killed or incurring a non-fatal injury or illness, and their injuries are more likely to be more severe than private industry workers as a whole. In 2007, the fatal injury rate in the coal mining industry was 24.8 per 100,000 full time equivalent workers, close to six times the rate for the entire private industry. In 2008, the rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses in coal mining was 4.4 cases per 100 full-time workers, which was 13 percent higher than the rate for total private industry. Coal mining is

According to an analysis from Diederich Healthcare, 2013 marked the first time since 2003 that there was a significant spike in the total number of payouts as well as the total amount for medical malpractice payouts.  Compared to 2013, in the most recent fiscal year, there was a significant increase in the number of medical malpractice claims in Health and Hospitals Corporation-operated hospitals in New York. Serving close to 1.5 million patients, HHC is the largest municipal health care system in the US. There were 876 medical malpractice claims in the fiscal year of 2014 and in fiscal year 2015, that number increased to over

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent annual study showed that 186,830 nonfatal occupational injuries to hands and wrists involved days away from work. According to the US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the most common and costly occupational health problem in the country is repetitive hand injuries. It affects hundreds of thousands of American workers and costs over $20 billion a year in workers compensation. The wrist is a complex part of the body that is made up of many different bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels, tendons, and ligaments – all of which can be injured in