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Effective March 1, 2013, all benefits from the Social Security Administration will be issued electronically. The administration began issuing benefits electronically to new Social Security Disability Insurance recipients last year, but starting next year all recipients will stop receiving paper checks.

If you or a loved one is currently receiving paper checks from Social Security, they will need to plan accordingly to make the transition. Benefits can be acquired through direct deposit or deposit onto a payment card. Recipients can switch over to electronic payment by visiting their local bank or credit union.

The federal government expects to save $1 billion over the next decade with the switch away from paper checks.

If you or a loved one is in need of legal support in order to file for Social Security disability benefits or to address a problem with your claim, contact the Social Security disability lawyers of the Charles D. Hankey Law Office at 317-634-8565.

A 69 year-old Fairbanks man was injured in a construction-related accident Tuesday afternoon in Zeeland, Michigan. The man was delivering several 400 pound rolls of roofing to a construction site when some of the rolls fell on top of him.

A forklift operator was picking up the rolls of roofing from the back of the man’s flatbed truck when the accident occurred. Some of the rolls fell out of the forklift’s grasp and fell and pinned the Fairbanks man to the ground. The forklift operator was able to use the machine to move the rolls off of him.

He spent the night at Spectrum-Zeeland Community Hospital with non life-threatening injuries to his head and legs.

If you or someone you love has been seriously injured in a construction accident, contact the construction accident attorneys of the Charles D. Hankey Law Office at 800-520-3633 today.

A 15 year-old Franklin boy is in critical condition after he was struck by a train Monday near Franklin College.

According to police, the train’s conductor blew a warning whistle but the boy did not hear it possibly because the volume on his iPod he was listening to was too loud. Witnesses say the boy appeared startled when he realized the train was behind him.

The eighth grader at Franklin Community Middle School is currently in a medically induced coma. He suffered serious brain injuries which have caused swelling and bleeding. He has skull and facial fractures as well as a lacerated spleen.

If you or someone you love has suffered a serious brain injury, contact the head and brain injury lawyers of the Charles D. Hankey Law Office by calling 800-520-3633.

The death told of a fatal car-train collision has risen from two to four after two young children succumbed to their injuries.

Last Wednesday, a 23 year-old woman and her 23 year-old male passenger were killed instantly when the car she was driving cross the tracks in front of an oncoming train in rural Clark County. According to Illinois State Police, the railroad crossing has yield and crossing signs, but no automatic crossing arms.

The two children, ages two and four of Terre Haute, Indiana, died the next day at the hospital. Another child, a one year-old girl, is said to be in fair condition.

Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those killed in this tragic accident.

The 30 year-old pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Bobby Jenks, became the victim of a serious medical mistake last December after doctors made a life-threatening error during surgery.

Jenks underwent surgery in Boston to remove two bone spurs on his spine. A few days after the surgery, he noticed fluid leaking out of the incision. Doctors immediately performed emergency surgery on his spine after discovering it was spinal fluid coming out of his incision.

In his first operation, doctors successful removed two bone spurs and started on the third but did not finish. The third bone spur was serrated, which allowed for spinal fluid to leak out. Jenks suffered from an infection that could have proven fatal if it spread.

If you have been the victim of a medial mistake, contact the surgical error attorneys of the Charles D. Hankey Law Office today at 800-520-3633.