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...

• Loser Pays: Is it a Part of Justice?

  Mike Bryant | September 19, 2011 9:18 AM | 10 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  In Minnesota we have a procedure that allows for loser pays. The concern I have always had is that our clients aren't allowed to sue the insurance company directly, they have to sue the person who...

• Tornado Hero Denied Workers Compensation

  Doug Landau | October 24, 2011 6:11 AM | 9 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Courage in the face of a tornado's 200 mph winds is something to be respected and honored. The EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri was among the nation's worst ever. It killed 162 people and...

• Fatal Houston Crane Accident Raises Concern Over Lax Regulations

  Scott Kappes | July 22, 2008 1:34 PM | 8 CommentsHouston, TX

  As many will already know a massive crane collapse on Friday left four workers dead. Yet another to add to the growing list of fatal crane accidents that have occurred over the last several...

• Do Guns Create Unsafe Workplace?

  Linda Chalat | September 07, 2010 11:51 AM | 7 CommentsDenver, CO

  A Nashville server has come up with an interesting strategy to try to reign in the proliferation of guns in public places. The server has filed a complaint with the state alleging that the mixture...

• The Federal Government and Other States Should Look To Minnesota Concerning Crane Operation

  Mike Bryant | May 11, 2009 12:21 PM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Two years ago, after a series of deaths involving cranes, Minnesota passed a law requiring that anyone operating a construction crane pass a certification test after undergoing classroom and...

• Jury Awards $24 Million to Man Paralyzed in Workplace Accident

  Fred Schultz | December 15, 2008 4:32 PM | 6 CommentsBloomington, IN

  A Lake County, Indiana jury recently found against a contractor in a workplace injury case and awarded a severely injured worker $24 million. The injured worker fell from a ladder that had not been...

• Massive Explosion and Fire at Texas Chemical Plant Causes Public Safety Concerns

  Bryan Pope | October 03, 2011 7:19 PM | 5 CommentsDallas, TX

  A huge explosion this morning at the Magnablend chemical plant in Waxahachie, Texas caused a massive fire which created a potentially dangerous situation for the area around the plant. According to...

• Injury, Death When Boom Lift Falls In Kansas City Crane Accident

  Brett Emison | November 10, 2009 5:27 PM | 5 CommentsKansas City, MO

  The Kansas City Star reported that one man was killed and another critically injured when a boom lift or crane toppled over this afternoon at the site of Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in...

• Forklift Safety Is Serious Business

  George Fusner | August 17, 2009 5:31 PM | 5 CommentsNashville, TN

  Last week I wrote about Brandon Walker from Chapmansboro who was killed while operating a fork lift in Nashville. Did you know that every three days someone is killed in a forklift related accident?...