Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case from Causey Law Firm.General Electric is running a series of advertisements that portray their employees, working in several industries, celebrating the impact of their work on our communities as well as on individuals. In one spot, workers' who build jet engines explain the precision of their work [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Todd Jones from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.QUESTION: DOES GOING BACK TO WORK RUIN MY CASE? ANSWER: Not at all! This question comes up a lot in Workers’ Compensation cases. When someone is injured they have to balance their personal and professional obligations while including their injury [...]
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gynne In the New York Times bestseller, Empire of the Summer Moon, author S.C. Gynne writes in great detail about the last days of the Comanche Indians, who roamed the great plains from Mexico to North Dakota and who were the last holdouts against the white man’s overwhelming [...]
Today's guest post comes from Kit Case of the Causey Law Firm in Washington State. Injured workers' transition from time loss compensation under their workers'’ compensation claim to unemployment compensation when they are released to return to work but do not have a job available to them. In many cases, disputes arise as to whether [...]
Earning your client’s trust is a crucial part of being an attorney. Today we have a guest post from our colleague Roger Moore of Nebraska. In its most basic form, trust is defined as “reliance on the integrity, strength, and ability of a person”. Trust can also be defined as “a person on whom [...]
Last Friday (June 22, 2012) the NC Legislature passed an insurance bill (HB 237), allegedly to help the N.C. Industrial Commission track employers to make sure they obey the law and purchase workers'’ compensation insurance when they have three or more employees. This bill keeps information confidential that is sent from the Rate Bureau (the [...]
Our country has a mission statement. It’s called the U.S Constitution, and it’s a written document that lays out the fundamental principles and values of the country. When we stray from that document we are going off course, much like a ship that begins to leave its charted waters, and each organization should have its [...]
According to the North Carolina Department of Labor, for the past two years there have been 101 deaths on the job in this state. Instead of just reviewing that cold statistical number, it might be a good idea for all of us to see the names of some of these individuals and how they died. [...]
On May 22, 2012 the PBS Frontline series ran a devastating story about cell tower deaths in this exploding industry and at the end of the story, after it had revealed how little concern is being shown for the safety of men who climb these towers, one man was quoted as saying "people will die." [...]
On May 22, 2012 the PBS Frontline series ran a devastating story about cell tower deaths in this exploding industry and at the end of the story, after it had revealed how little concern is being shown for the safety of men who climb these towers, one man was quoted as saying "people will die." [...]