Posts tagged Workers' Compensation

• Yes…you still have a case even if you’ve been fired.

  Greg Jones | November 02, 2009 2:29 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  I have a number of injured worker’s who call seeking my representation but don’t believe they have a worker’s compensation case because they have been fired by their employer. My...

• Electrolux Iowa Plant Closings, Exporting America’s Middle Class

  Steve Lombardi | October 28, 2009 4:15 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Can a community that has no manufacturing base sustain a middle class? Electrolux is closing its Iowa operations and with those closings taking 850 jobs to a place called Juarez, Mexico. On the...

• Iowa Ranks Number One for Workers' Compensation System

  Margaret Embry | August 31, 2009 4:57 PM | 1 CommentRockford & Moline, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The 2009 State Report Card for Workers' Compensation was recently released and Iowa ranked Number 1, according to the Des Moines Register. This rank means that the state's system is the most...

• $1 Billion Workers' Compensation Lawsuit Against AIG Dismissed

  Margaret Embry | August 31, 2009 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Judge Robert Gettleman of the U.S. District Court in Chicago dismissed a federal lawsuit against American International Group Inc (AIG) on August 20th, according to Reuters. The lawsuit accused AIG...

• Injuered at work? Now what?

  Danny Lehane | July 28, 2009 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  When an individual is injured or suffers an illness arising out of and in the course his/her employment, that individual has certain rights provided to her/him under the Alabama Workers’...

• Tighter Safety Standards Sought In Wake of Tragic Fireworks Accident

  Pierce Egerton | July 09, 2009 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  According to State Senator Marc Basnight, new legislation will be introduced next week to tighten safety standards for the handling of large quantities of fireworks. The move comes in the wake of...

• Worker Electrocuted at UNCG

  Pierce Egerton | July 06, 2009 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The News & Record is reporting that a man rewiring lighting fixtures near the bookstore was electrocuted when he opened a junction box that still had power. The man was taken to Cone Hospital...

• Do North Carolina (NC) Railroad Workers Who Get Hurt on the Job Get Workers’ Compensation?

  John Cooper | June 28, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  No. The employees of the major railroads in North Carolina like Norfolk Southern (NS), CSXT, and Amtrak do not get workers’ compensation if they are injured during their work but instead have...

• What Happens if AIG Goes Bankrupt?

  Will Parker | March 11, 2009 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  This is a fairly common question I receive as an attorney, particularly from my worker’s compensation clients. These injured workers’ employers’ insurance is through AIG and,...

• Toledo, Ohio workers' compensation lawyer on work injuries

  Chuck Boyk | February 24, 2009 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Our Ohio workers' compensation attorney Dale Emch discusses Ohio work injuries in his most recent Toledo Blade column, Legal Briefs. If you or someone you know has been injured on the job,...