Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.nytimes.comAs intriguing football matchups go, Sunday’s Super Bowl has nothing on one looming down the turnpike in federal court in Philadelphia — with Judge Anita B. Brody the ultimate referee.Brody, considering the N.F.L.'s recent settlement with 4,500 retirees over work-related brain injuries, has [...]
On January 23, 2014, a young man, only 30 years old, fell to his death while working on a Raleigh construction site. According to news reports, the deceased was working on scaffolding on an apartment complex and fell approximately five stories. The North Carolina Department of Labor is investigating the accident. It’s unclear exactly what [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. Comments made by “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson, in an interview with GQ magazine, have set off a social media and cable news firestorm about the role of free speech in the employee-employer relationship. But neither side in the Duck Commander debate [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Thomas Domer, from The Domer Law Firm. Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation in Wisconsin will change substantially in 2014. For more than 70 years, an employee would only be found ineligible for Unemployment Compensation if he quit a job or was found guilty of “misconduct”. Misconduct was defined under a [...]
Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com WASHINGTON — One of the world’s biggest clothing buyers, the United States government spends more than $1.5 billion a year at factories overseas, acquiring everything from the royal blue shirts worn by airport security workers' to the olive button-downs required for forest [...]
Trichloroethylene Today's post comes from guest author Jon Gelman, from Jon L Gelman LLC.Study published linkig trichloroethylene exposure to cancer. The chemical compound trichloroethylene (C2HCl3) is a chlorinated hydrocarbon commonly used as an industrial solvent. It is a clear non-flammable liquid with a sweet smell. Objectives We evaluated the association between occupational exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE) and [...]
Professor Leonard T. Jernigan Jr. has compiled a list of 2013's Top 10 Workers' Compensation Fraud Cases Employer Fraud Cases (9):$44,962,492.00 Employee Fraud Cases (1): $1,500,000.00 Total: $46,462,492.00 Every year we hear about fraud in Workers’ Compensation cases and the public believes the fraud is employee driven. However, in 2009 I began [...]
Today's post was shared by The Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group and comes from theadvocate.comLAFAYETTE — Lafayette city-parish government has paid $225,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who was injured when she broad-sided a police cruiser that was going through a red light while responding to another traffic accident.City-parish government released [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Thomas Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.Workers often fear retaliation if they report a safety violation or work injury related to a violation. Concerns about being fired or other forms of retaliation by employers permeate the process of worker’s comp claims filing. Studies have indicated that retaliatory fear prompts [...]
Dental x-rays Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.latimes.com When my son and daughter were youngsters, once a year I'd have a disagreement with their pediatric dentist. He wanted to do routine annual X-rays, and I would protest because neither child ever had any cavities. His response: Dental X-rays [...]