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Florida's Governor Rick Scott wants to try to fix not eliminate PIP
After weeks of speculation regarding the future of PIP in Florida, Governor Rick Scott has announced he will not nix PIP without giving more effort to the system many see as broken. This bodes well for...
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Framingham DPW Employee Severed Artery in Saw Mishap
A Framingham Public Works employee was Med-Flighted to a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston after he was injured by a 14 inch circular blade chop saw. The water department employee, who is...
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Texting While Flying Linked to Helicopter Crash
In 2011, an emergency medical helicopter crashed near Mosby Airport in Missouri, killing four. It was recently revealed that the pilot was sending and receiving multiple text messages at the time of...
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Florida Janitor Receives Permanent Total Disability Checks When Insurance...
Florida's First District Court of Appeals ruled that a workers' compensation insurance company cannot deny payment of permanent total disability benefits based on an argument that a possible upcoming...
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I Need A Minnesota Workers Compensation Lawyer. Who Is The Best Minnesota...
Minnesota does not allow workers compensation attorneys to call themselves "experts". However, there are vast differences in the quality and experience of Minnesota workers compensation lawyers for...
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Texas: The Wild West in Action Without Workers' Compensation
Texas for all intents and purposes eliminated its workers' compensation system. Now comes a scathing report from National Public Radio (NPR) about how bad it is for workers who get injured in Texas....
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Digital Identification: Is Your Employer Going to Take Your Digital Finger...
The technology to digitally capture and store an individual's personal biometric identifiable information is growing at a rapid pace. Employers, medical providers and even government agencies have...
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Where Have All The Lawyers Gone?
No where is it more evident than in workers' compensation law, that the lawyers and their practices to assist injured workers, are disappearing. Workers are finding it difficult to obtain legal...
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Westphal, Davis, and Total Disability
The Westphal case opened up a huge controversy in Florida, and now the 1st District Court of Appeals (DCA) is being asked to also consider another "cap" case alongside Westphal in a consolidated...
View ArticlePoor Safety At Work Leaves Employee Scarred & Employer Fined
A Dunblane, Scotland farming company recently felt the wrath of local court officials, this after being fined in a case where one of its workers was saddled with permanent scarring. According to...
View ArticleInjury Triage Reduces Comp Costs And Improves Medical Experience
Most workers’ compensation claims managers have heard of injury triage and understand it can be a cost-savings tool. Many fewer work comp claims managers are actually utilizing injury triage because...
View ArticleFrom Hand to Mouth – Workers Need to Concerned About Chemical Safety
Posted in Chemical ExposuresThe inadvertent and dermal conceptual model Today’s post comes from guest author from Jon Gelman, LLC – Attorney at Law. A recently published a paper about the inadvertent...
View ArticleConsider These Car Accident Tips to Avoid Missteps
Posted in workers comp basicsworkers comp qandaworkers compensationNo one ever intentionally plans to get in a car accident or get hurt at work. But unfortunately bad things sometimes happen in life....
View ArticleDoes the Media Comprehend the Tragedy of Mass Worker Death?
Posted in UncategorizedShadows on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial On March 25, 1911 a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City. In 18 minutes 146 garment...
View ArticleNanotechnology in the Workplace
During cancer research in 1986 an accident created the first man-made nanoparticle, an incredibly small particle which can absorb radiant energy and theoretically destroy a tumor. One type of...
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Four Things You Should Know About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Today's post comes from guest author Rod Rehm from Rehm, Bennett of the Nebraska Bar. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, also known as CTS, is an uncomfortable and often painful wrist disorder. It is a common...
View ArticleUnsafe to Travel – “America is one big pothole”
Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Gelman from Jon Gelman, LLC – Attorney at Law. Outgoing US Secretary of The Department of Transportation (DOT) , Ray LaHood, described the deteriorating...
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Department of Labor preparing for Defense Base Act to be replaced by new system
Buried deep within the Department of Labor’s 2014 Budget request lies the first information publicly available on the proposed “reforms” to the Defense Base Act. The document indicates that the DOL has...
View ArticleAre Medical Doctors Willing Puppets For Cross-Examination?
Today’s post comes from guest author Roger Moore from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. It used to be that the most to fear from an examination scheduled by an insurance company would be an unfair or...
View ArticleDid hazing claim a life and a c-section patient claims malpractice – Podcast
Did hazing claim the life of a college student? Plus a mother receives a c-section and accuses physiscian of medical malpractice in this month’s Chicago Injury Alert. Briskman Briskman &...
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