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How a Car Accident Lawyer Can Save You Time and Money

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Every day, there are people who get into a car accident. And every day, these people need to find a lawyer to represent them to protect their legal rights and interests. So how do you decide which one is best for you? In this blog post, we'll discuss the benefits of working with a car accident lawyer and why they can save their clients time and money by handling all aspects of the case from start to finish.

#1 They negotiate your medical fees
The first way car accident lawyers can save you time and money is by negotiating your medical fees. The last thing you want to be worrying about is paying your doctor's bills when you should be focusing on getting better. A big mistake many people make after an accident is not knowing their legal rights or what steps need to happen in order for them to recover compensation from the other party at fault. Unfortunately, this often results in delayed treatment, which only makes recovering more challenging, both physically and financially. 

Stop Street Harrassment, A Pioneering Law in Quezon City

Quezon City–  Out of five women, three have experienced sexual harassment in commuting within Metro Manila. According to a new research,  Baseline Study on How safe are women in our city streets”, commissioned by then Quezon City Local Government and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (UN Women). What's even more alarming is that one in three of these women experienced the worst forms of sexual harassment such as witnessing a male masturbates and rubbing or groping (panghihipo) inside the MRT/jeepneys..

In lieu of the Street Harassment and Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls (SVAWG) in public spaces, the LGU and UN Women held back-to-back events to commemorate International Women’s Day (#IWD2016) as well as to kick-off the celebrations in March as the National Women’s Month.