Workplace Injuries

• AIG - Workers Compensation - The Bailout

  Jon Lewis | January 08, 2009 1:24 PM | 14 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Well, I have just seen first hand what the bailout has done for AIG: made them even more heartless and cold than ever before. We represent a family who lives in Mexico. Their son was employed by a...

• Alabama Workers Compensation - Disadvantaged Employees

  Jon Lewis | September 30, 2009 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  We are in the process of representing an individual who was seriously injured on the job. He has had two back surgeries, and he is 72 years of age. He has been deemed 100% disabled, and we are...

• Chicago Construction Accident Kills One

  Shannon Weidemann | May 26, 2008 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man fell in a construction accident on the north end of Chicago and died on Sunday. It is believed he fell at least three stories to the ground. He was a resident of Chicago. The man fell...

• Workers’ Compensation and Third Party Claims

  Jason Knowles | July 24, 2009 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  Workers’ compensation statutes are designed to require employers to compensate employees who are injured while working in the line and scope of their employment, regardless of whether the...

• Disturbing High Court Ruling in Asbestos Case

  Jason Knowles | July 16, 2009 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  The U. S. Supreme Court has recently ruled that a Tennessee railroad worker is not entitled to the $5 million awarded him by a jury for his long-term exposure to asbestos. In CSX Transp., Inc. v....

• Man Dies in Georgia Construction Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 30, 2008 8:50 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man was killed by a falling beam at the Kia plant under construction in West Point, Georgia. The 47-year-old construction worker was working on a plant set to open next year. The construction accident happened early on Tuesday morning. The victim was working for a subcontractor when a beam fell and apparently hit him, Kia human resources director Randy Jackson said.The victim was...

• Hotel construction site injuries

  Staff Writer | January 02, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A story out of New Jersey on Trentonian.com reported a Friday construction site accident in which two workers fell four stories in a scaffolding collapse.The two workers were rushed to the hospital to be treated for internal injuries. The story says that the scaffolding was makeshift, without safety standards in mind:"They had made homemade scaffolding," Kostoplis said. "In fact, they put a...

• Alabama Man Falls in Construction Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 21, 2008 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A contractor fell from an Alabama water tower while he was painting it. The construction accident happened outside of Hurtsboro on Wednesday evening. There were three other contractors painting with...

• Most dangerous jobs in America

  Staff Writer | November 16, 2006 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  MSNBC.com and Forbes.com just posted an interesting article about the most dangerous jobs for American workers. Commercial fishing and truck driving top the list of careers that bring the most injuries and deaths each year in our country. Anyone who drives on our nation's highways often for their career is at higher risk of injury or death, according to the article. This includes traveling...

• How to help your body heal after an accident (part I)

  Beth Scherer | May 18, 2009 12:45 PM | 2 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Automobile accidents typically cause people a lot of emotional & physical stress. In my 18 years of chiropractic practice, I have found that when people focus on 4 areas of health, they are able...