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Train Accidents in Hollywood and Other Communities Can Claim Lives
A tragic train accident earlier this summer in Canada has placed the spotlight on train safety. In that accident, a train full of crude oil started moving on the tracks, entering a small community...
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Garlock testimony switches to financial liability
Asbestos companies have for decades attempted to limit their personal injury claims liability by filing for bankruptcy protection. The Union Asbestos and Rubber Company and Johns Manville were the...
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The young and new on job most affected by heat stress: study
Today's post was shared by US Dept. of Labor and comes from www.iwh.on.caStudy of work-related heat stress finds heat strokes, sun strokes and other heat illnesses spike over groups of days and...
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Medicare To Punish 2,225 Hospitals For Excess Readmissions
As workers' compensation medical costs rise, the quality of care is a focus for Medicare. Medicare is focussing on hospital re-admissions in an effort to improve care and lower costs. This may have a...
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Saving Money, Poisoning Workers
This is a case for employers to act with moral responsibility to maintain a safe work environment, stronger regulations and changes in statutory provisions to make the workplace safer. This post was...
View ArticleMedication Errors in Nursing Homes
With the high volume of residents in nursing homes, it's not entirely surprising that there are sometimes errors in the dispensing of medication. However, just because it may be common doesn't mean...
View ArticleGetting Compensation for On-the-Job Injuries
On-the-job injuries aren't uncommon, but many people don't know what to do if they get hurt at work. Many people don't know that they are eligible for workers compensation, both for medical bills and...
View ArticleFinancial Exploitation In Nursing Homes
When you think about cases of nursing home abuse, you probably think or physical or mental abuse. Another type of abuse, however, is financial abuse. Financial exploitation happens to nursing home...
View ArticleFactory Work Injuries and How to Avoid Them
Like construction work, factory work has its own set of risks for workers. Even companies that pay close attention to safety provisions will still often have a few injuries reported every year. Taking...
View ArticleWhat is Form 25C Under North Carolina Worker’s Compensation Law?
Form 25C is a document prescribed under North Carolina Workers’ Compensation laws. Form 25C is signed by the injured employee and gives medical providers authorization to release the employee’s...
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Top 10 Toxic Industries
A list of the Top 10 Most Toxic Industries has been published. Industrial pollution not only causes disease and injury to workers, but also environmentally pollutes communities. The World’s Worst...
View ArticleThe State Origins of Federal Plenary Power
Hidetaka Hirota, The Moment of Transition: State Officials, the Federal Government, and the Formation of American Immigration Policy, 99 Journal of American History 1092 (March 2013).Allison...
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Illinois: Employer Convicted of a Felony for Failure to Have Workers'...
The Illinois Worker’s Compensation (IWCC), in conjunction with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Special Prosecutions Division and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, has secured the first felony...
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Whistle Blower Suit Isn't About What's Right
Salacious.That's the best word to describe this morning's news about a whistle-blower complaint unsealed July 24 in Sacramento Superior Court by Judge Raymond Cadei in which it is alleged that a...
View ArticleMore than Meets the Eye in Case of Sex Offender Given Custody
In June, Oklahoma County Special Judge Howard Haralson made a decision that sent shockwaves across the nation. He awarded sole custody of 6-year-old Sarah Knight to her father, Nicholas Elizondo, a...
View ArticleBill’s Bad Provision Would Subject NC Judges To Political Winds
Today’s post comes from guest author Leonard Jernigan, from The Jernigan Law Firm. A wise person once told me: “Don’t worry about doing things right; just do the right thing.” Have you ever wanted to...
View Article“Opting Out” of Worker’s Compensation Hurts Workers and Employers (Part 1)
Today’s post comes from guest author Tom Domer from The Domer Law Firm. More than a century ago, Wisconsin’s initial efforts in worker’s compensation led the nation. In 1911 Wisconsin became the first...
View ArticleIntoxication, Work, And Workers’ Compensation Don’t Mix
Posted in Workers CompensationToday’s post comes from guest author Paul J. McAndrew, Jr., from Paul McAndrew Law Firm. Most of us know that, for both professional reasons and in the interest of safety,...
View ArticleOverpayment Of Unemployment Due To Payment of Workers’ Compensation Benefits...
Today’s post comes from guest author Kit Case from Causey Law Firm. Injured workers transition from time loss compensation under their workers’ compensation claim to unemployment compensation when they...
View ArticleOSHA Looks at Challenge of Nebraska Grain Elevators’ Safety
Posted in NebraskaWorkers' Compensastionworkers' compensation lawIn the years that I have practiced workers’ compensation law, I’ve represented a lot of clients who have been hurt in grain-elevator...
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