DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 22-year-old Colorado man killed by a sheriff’s deputy while suffering a mental health crisis won a $19 million settlement, the largest in state history, in a deal announced Tuesday. But they also achieved ...

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By Dr. Tracey Meyers  BridgeTower Media Newswires  “If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.”  — Chinese proverb  Can we get rid of anger?  Many lawyers grapple with how to work with ...

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BY DUSTIN MCCRARY When a job takes a toll on your physical health, regulators step in to set certain safety guidelines. But there’s not much help for those of us in jobs that hurt our mental health. Members of the ...

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  In the sporting world, athletes often “play hurt” through a variety of physical injuries. Competing now is their focal point, and long-term health risks the afterthought.   The practice of law is similar in many respects. Many lawyers often find it difficult, no matter what else they may be going through, to call for a substitute. So, they put ...

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COVID-19 has been a historic public health crisis, but it’s also been a mental health crisis that has intersected with the legal profession’s ongoing concerns over promoting the mental health of attorneys and their staff. Large law firms at least ...

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  In re A.L.L. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-195-17, 26 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Guilford County District Court (Betty Brown & Angela Foster, JJ.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though a Michigan court had previously entered custody orders regarding the ...

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Goines v. Valley Community Services Board (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-084-16, 31 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 15-1589, May 9, 2016; USDC at Harrisonburg, Va. (Dillon, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A plaintiff with speech and physical difficulties from cerebellar ataxia, who alleged ...

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