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Workers Hospitalized after Kingston, MA Construction Site Accident
Two workers were hospitalized after sustaining injuries at a construction site in Kingston, MA this morning. The men, whose injuries were classified as non-life threatening, were taken to Jordan...
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Family of Worker Killed in Factory Explosion Receives $2.7 Million
Work accident lawyers at Pintas & Mullins report that a jury in New Jersey recently awarded the family of a killed worker and several other injured employees more than $2.7 million. The explosion...
View ArticleOf Trademarks and Brands
Deven R. Desai, From Trademarks to Brands, 64 Fla. L. Rev. 981 (2012), available at SSRN.Timothy GreeneAs Stacey Dogan noted in her recent review of Bob Bone’s Taking the Confusion Out of “Likelihood...
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FL Moves Forward with Ali Law
Politics, more than anything else in America, is made up of compromise. This is good, and this is bad.The good is that, for most people most of the time, compromise takes care of the concerns and...
View ArticleHow To Be An Effective Claims Supervisor – Part 2
This is the second part in our coverage of how to become a more effective claims supervisor. As we mentioned in Part 1, a claims supervisor is not exactly a cake job. You can only be as good as the...
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When Your Work Comp Doctor Tells You it is Preexisting
Today, a 28 year-old local county employee was told that her workers' compensation case was being denied due to her preexisting injuries. She advised us that she has never been in a prior workplace...
View ArticleMassachusetts: Governor Adding Insult to Injury?
We have long touted Massachusetts as the gold standard for workers compensation reform. In 1990 the state operated the second or third highest cost comp system in the nation; today MA is ranked 44th,...
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Longshore Basics – when is it Longshore?
For those with claims under the Federal Longshore and Harbors Workers Compensation Act, much of what has been written about Washington State L&I claims does not apply to you. I thought a series of...
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Motorcycle Deaths Increased Nine Percent in 2012
Today, the Governors Highway Safety Association projected that motorcyclist deaths increased around nine percent in 2012. In the last 15 years, motorcycle deaths have increased all but one of those...
View ArticleIsn't pain level important when evaluating a workers' compensation claim? One...
The North Dakota State Legislature is considering a bill that could dramatically alter how pain and its relation to pre-existing medical conditions are interpreted in future worker's compensation...
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Understanding Malpractice Law if You Have a Claim in Miami Beach
The statistics about medical malpractice cases are not good news for patients who have suffered medical negligence or misdiagnosis in Miami Beach or another community. Statistics suggest that about 6...
View ArticleSchool District to Pay $90 Million for Wrongful Death of 13-Year-Old
According to news reports, last week a Maryland jury awarded $90 million to a family who lost their 13-year-old daughter 4 years ago. The wrongful death verdict, reached by a jury of six, is one of the...
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Do Older Motorcyclists Suffer More Serious Injuries in Motorcycle Accidents...
According to statistics, more Americans over the age of 50 are turning to motorcycles as a fun hobby. According to some sources, the mean age of motorcycle owners increased from 33 to 43 between 1998...
View ArticleCity Reasonably Relied on Engineer’s, Architect’s Stamp: OHSA Charge...
The City of Guelph acted reasonably when it relied on the stamped drawing of an architect and engineer as evidencing compliance with all legal requirements, an Ontario judge has held in dismissing an...
View ArticleWrongful Death Lawsuit Alleges Improper Prescription
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a Belleville doctor for allegedly prescribing an improper pain medication that caused a patient’s death. The lawsuit was filed on February 1 in St. Clair...
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OK's Lesson In Value
The big news this morning is that the Oklahoma House passed SB 1062, that state's workers' compensation reform bill, inclusive of the option for businesses that qualify to opt out of the otherwise...
View ArticleWhat You Need To Know About Receiving Cash Benefits
If you are injured on the job, your employer should be paying for any necessary medical expenses. When it comes to the money you’d normally be making, that’s a little more complicated. While you may be...
View ArticleHow Does Social Security Help Me Get Back to Work?
The SSA has programs to help disabled people rejoin the workforce. Today’s post comes from guest author Barbara Tilker from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano. As I discussed in a...
View ArticleDiesel Fumes and Lung Cancer
Posted in CancerDiesel Fumes Cause Lung Cancer Today’s post comes from guest author Leonard Jernigan from The Jernigan Law Firm. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death for men and women in the...
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Returning to Light-Duty Work - What, When, How & Why
Women making airplane wings, circa 1920. Seattle Municipal Archives Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case from Causey Law Firm of Seattle, WA. Light duty issuescan be a tricky area of workers'...
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