Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.theatlantic.comShutterstock/Vladyslav StarozhylovIt was the day after Christmas, 1994, and the Garber family had gathered around its table for a post-holiday dinner. The atmosphere: still festive. The turkey: still juicy. The tree: still in full regalia. All was still merry and bright, in other words, as we sat [...]
Will Medicare cover my future medical expenses for my workers'’ compensation injury if I settle my case? Yes, no, maybe…the answer to this question is always a tricky one. In fact, this is one of the most complex questions that will confront an injured worker at the time of settlement. Most settlements are final. Once [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Charlie Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.Came across this post today: "How McDonald's and Wal-Mart Became Welfare Queens." News like this has become so commonplace that you almost accept it with a shrug. Yeah, big box stores and fast food chains are paying their workers' cruddy wages, forcing [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.I was happy to have the chance to represent Theron Chapman in his whistleblower claim against his former employer, Midwest Demolition. While the Lincoln Journal Star headline of “Man chased from job by manager with stun gun awarded back pay” is catchy, the [...]
Attendant care can be ordered by the treating physician for an injured worker when s/he needs some type of assistance with daily activities, like bathing, cooking, or help with walking. For example, the treating doctor could order two hours a day for light household assistance or more significant assistance (e.g. dressing and bathing) depending on [...]
Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.maciverinstitute.com Median Workers Comp Payments Nearly 5 Times the Medicare Rates for Same Procedures The Workers Compensation Advisory Council (WCAC) is worried that medical costs are out of control and has spent the past few months formalizing a plan to keep them in [...]
Today's post was shared by Take Justice Back and comes from www.change.org We applaud you and your colleagues for taking the next steps towards revising regulations to allow generic drug manufactures to update their warning labels. We want to thank you for your efforts to restore the rights of Americans injured by generic drugs.We believe [...]
Hulk Hogan Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.sportsworldnews.com While professional teams in California have sheltered themslves from workers' compenstion claims, the injuries have not gone away. Workers' compensation has long been a vehicle to insulate employers and their insurance carriers from the payment of benefits. With the errosion [...]
Today's post was shared by The Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group and comes from www.prnewswire.com The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1973 and charged with protecting the American public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Barbara Tilker, from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano. Veteran’s Day is a day that the American people have set aside to celebrate and honor all those who have served in the armed forces. Veteran’s Day – originally known as Armistice Day – has been celebrated in the [...]