Today's post comes from guest author Thomas Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.I’ve been investigating Wisconsin and national fraud statistics in worker’s compensation to prepare for a national presentation I am making in Cape Cod in July. One fascinating and recurring basis for denial of worker’s comp claims (and potential claims against employees for fraud) stems [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Low and middle income people are the last people to benefit from any economic recovery. For many economic recovery means a return to work the opportunity to put their household finances in order with steady income provided by a job. Unfortunately unpaid debts [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Emily Wray Stander, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Mark your calendars! As part of spring cleaning duties, I know people are sorting through the stuff in their homes, donating what they can, and figuring out how to recycle or dispose of what can’t be donated. As a mom of a [...]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) covers forklifts under the section called Powered Industrial Trucks, and you have to be certified to operate these lifts. The smaller ones you see weigh up to 7,000 pounds and they are so dangerous some experts consider them “inherently dangerous.” It is in violation of federal law to [...]
Michael J. Sandel, a professor of government at Harvard, has written an insightful book called What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets (2012) about the “for-sale” sign that applies to almost everything that has value, from sky boxes in football stadiums to police cars in local communities. These days, everything seems to be [...]
Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.northjersey.com Workers cleaning a section of the Passaic River in Lyndhurst on Wednesday. A much more extensive $1.7 billion plan was announced last week for the lower part of the river. It is touted as the largest Superfund cleanup ever, one that will [...]
Today's post was shared by The Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group and comes from www.nytimes.com LOS ANGELES — The filmmaker Bryan Singer, whose big-budget “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is set for release next month by 20th Century Fox, was accused in a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday of drugging and raping an underage [...]
Victims of North Carolina's state-sponsored sterilization program have until June 30, 2014 to file claims for compensation through the North Carolina Industrial Commission's Eugenics Asexualization and Sterilization Compensation Program. In the early 20th century North Carolina and 31 other states supported eugenics, the science of improving the human population through the control of hereditary qualities. [...]
According to the People's Pharmacy, a popular radio show on National Public Radio, there are less expensive alternatives to joint pain than prescribed medications. Joint pain can be challenging because all the prescribd drugs have side effects. Ibprofen, meloxicam and naproxen can be hard on the digestive tract. All these drugs, including Celebrex, also may [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm.The Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ) has released their publication "Understanding Your Auto Insurance" as an online flip-book. This booklet explains the various components that make up auto insurance coverage, including liability coverage, personal injury protection (PIP) coverage and underinsured motorist, collision and [...]