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North Charleston, S.C. (PRWEB) December 20, 2012

With the Christmas season in full swing, Charleston defective products lawyer Mark Joye today urged consumers to make sure the toys they buy children during the holiday season are safe.

?Too many dangerous toys and other products are making their way into our children?s playrooms and homes, posing a threat to people of all ages,? said Joye, a partner with the Joye Law Firm, a personal injury firm with offices in Charleston and Myrtle Beach. ?It?s important for shoppers to be vigilant about the safety of the toys and other gifts they purchase this time of year. These dangerous toys should never reach store shelves in the first place.?

A number of organizations are working to keep children safe from dangerous and defective products, and Joye said that he endorses their efforts.

Prevent Blindness America has declared December ?Safe Toys and Gifts Awareness Month.? The group has provided a list of tips to help shoppers choose safe gifts for children. Meanwhile, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has teamed with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prevent imports of unsafe toys, having already seized more than 2 million dangerous toys and other children?s products this year.

?Joye Law Firm commends these organizations for their work to keep dangerous toys out of the country and away from children,? Joye said. ?It?s good for parents to have resources like these to make sure safety remains a priority in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.?

The U.S. CPSC estimated that 251,700 toy-related injuries sent people to hospital emergency rooms across the country in 2011. Nearly three quarters of those injuries were to those under the age of 15.

The Prevent Blindness America campaign provides gift-giving tips to all those planning to purchase a gift for a child this year. Tips include inspecting toys before buying, avoiding toys with small magnets for younger children and inspecting toys for sturdiness.

?Our firm supports all efforts to draw attention to keeping children out of harm?s way,? Joye said. ?The tips from Prevent Blindness America offer concrete, useful guidelines for anyone buying products and toys for children.?

The partnership between the U.S. CPSC and U.S. Customs has CPSC investigators and Customs inspectors working together at ports across the country to keep families safe. In the last four years, the two organizations have stopped more than 8.5 million units of about 2,400 different toys and children’s products from entering the country due to safety hazards or the failure to meet federal safety standards. The CPSC also recalled 38 toys in fiscal year 2012, three of which involved a lead violation, according to an announcement the organizations issued.

?It?s important to make sure no dangerous toys are sold in South Carolina or anywhere in the United States,? Joye said. ?Our firm praises these and all efforts that stop these products from reaching consumers.?

Unfortunately, some dangerous toys do make it into stores and into children?s toy boxes. Joye encouraged people who believe their child has been harmed by a defective or dangerous product to seek help from a qualified South Carolina products liability lawyer like those at Joye Law Firm.

?An experienced defective products lawyer can evaluate your case and investigate the product that caused harm and help you get the compensation you deserve,? he said.

About Joye Law Firm

Since 1968, Joye Law Firm has been fighting to help people throughout South Carolina with their legal challenges in a broad range of practice areas, including personal injury, car accidents, birth injury, brain injury, defective products, drug injury, motorcycle accidents, nursing home abuse, Social Security disability, spinal cord injury, traffic tickets, truck accidents, workers? compensation and wrongful death. The South Carolina law firm has offices in Charleston and Myrtle Beach and assists clients in areas that include Florence, Richland County, Orangeburg, Columbia, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Summerville and the Horry County communities of Conway and North Myrtle Beach. The firm?s Charleston-area office is located at Northgate Office Building, 5861 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29406 (local phone (843) 554-3100), and its Myrtle Beach office is located at 8703 Highway 17 Bypass, Unit H, Myrtle Beach, SC 29575 (local phone (843) 215-3100). Contact Joye Law Firm by calling (888) 324-3100 or by filling out its online form.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 24, 2012

Chicago veterans? disability benefits lawyer Lawrence Disparti today urged U.S. veterans to heed new advice from the military and the Department of Veterans Affairs to get appropriate treatment for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

A recent report on National Public Radio?s ?All Things Considered? said the military has changed its guidance on PTSD. The previous standard said that PTSD victims respond to the trauma with ?helplessness and fear,? but the new guidance says members of the military may do the opposite. The new guidance says military men and women are likely to respond by ?soldiering through? their pain.

The military and the VA are also allowing more service members to get treatment by giving the benefit of the doubt to any veteran or service member who shows signs of stress, the NPR report said.

?Military and Veterans Affairs officials have said they want to remove the stigma of a PTSD diagnosis and open the definition of PTSD to include any kind of stress so that more service members will seek medical treatment,? said Disparti, founder of the Chicago disability benefits law firm, Disparti Law Group, which has additional offices in Cleveland and the Tampa-St. Petersburg area.

The firm assists veterans with obtaining veterans? disability benefits, including those connected to PTSD.

?Whether it?s PTSD or any other service-connected disability, veterans and active service members should seek out the help this country owes them,? Disparti said. ?Those who have veterans in their lives whom they care about should encourage them to step forward for this assistance.?

PTSD is a reaction to a trauma or life-threatening event that may include upsetting memories of the event, increased jumpiness or trouble sleeping. It is increasingly reported in combat veterans, including those returning home from military duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

About 60 percent of men and 50 percent of women experience at least one trauma in their lives, the VA says. About 7 to 8 percent of the general population will have PTSD at some point in their lives.

Experts think PTSD occurs in about 11 to 20 percent of the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

While the opportunity for more veterans to get treatment is a positive development, Disparti said, handling a growing number of claims could also place a strain on the VA?s limited resources and lead to delays in claims.

?If there are any problems with the application, it could lead to an even longer delay in getting the benefits a veteran deserves,? Disparti said. ?That?s why it?s extremely helpful to a new benefits applicant and/or their family members to have the assistance of an experienced veterans? disability benefits attorney to guide them through the process.?

Disparti said his firm can advise veterans or their family members in Illinois of the appropriate documents to gather for a claim, help them locate records they don?t have on hand and review benefits claims prior to submission to ensure they are complete. The firm also helps veterans appeal negative claim decisions.

About Disparti Law Group, P.A.

Disparti Law Group, P.A., is a Chicago disability benefits law firm that provides legal assistance to individuals in cases involving Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), railroad disability (FELA and RRB claims) and veterans? benefits (including TSGLI claims). Additionally, the firm handles a variety of personal injury claims, including car accidents, slip-and-fall or premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, nursing home neglect and inadequate security. The firm serves clients across the U.S., including Florida, Ohio, Georgia, Tennessee, Houston, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and the Illinois communities surrounding Chicago, Joliet, Aurora, Naperville, Elgin, Schaumburg, Oak Lawn, Bolingbrook, Cicero and Wheaton. To learn more about the Chicago Social Security Disability lawyers of the Disparti Law Group, P.A., call (800) 633-4091 or use the firm?s online contact form.