Workplace Injuries

• Can the insurance company send investigators out to spy on me ?

  Doug Landau | December 06, 2009 6:17 PM | 1 CommentFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Injured workers call ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. all the time asking if the insurance company can spy in them. In a word, yes. The insurance companies can and will hire investigators to look into your...

• Workers Comp insurance company investigator shot by injured claimant !

  Doug Landau | December 04, 2009 6:06 PM | 1 CommentFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  In 25 years of helping injured workers and their families, I have heard of insurance company investigators going to great lengths to spy on comp recipients, but I had never heard of a PI getting...

• The Great Insurance Lie?

  Greg Jones | November 13, 2009 10:46 AM | 1 CommentCharlotte, NC

  Have a worker’s compensation case? Let me guess, the adjuster has told you there is no reason to hire a lawyer because worker’s comp benefits are limited and you’ll only end up...

• Iowa Ranks Number One for Workers' Compensation System

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

  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...

• Construction Worker Jobs Are the Most Dangerous In Terms of Injury and Death

  Wayne Parsons | August 15, 2009 3:17 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  What is the most dangerous job? The construction industry ranks first as the most hazardous occupation in the United States. I have written about construction site personal injury before in the...

• 51 Year Old Charlotte Man Electrocuted and Revived by Defibrilator

  Lawrence Egerton | August 06, 2009 10:44 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  Nelson Pozo has developed quite a relationship with electrical current. Pozo was working for AEP Industries Saturday night when he was accidentally electrocuted. He received a 420 volt shock, though...

• Hispanic Worker Deaths Skyrocket 76%

  Mike Ferrara | August 04, 2009 10:02 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  Although the total number of workers killed in this country while on the job has declined, the number of Hispanic workers killed in the workplace shot up 76% between 1992 and 2007, according to...

• The Jones Act Provides Benefits for Injured Workers on the Ohio River

  Karl Truman | June 17, 2009 8:37 AM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  In late April the body of newly hired deckhand Michael Harvey was found floating off the coast of the Ohio River. The incident occurred on April 6, 2009. It was reported that the deckhand was...

• Man Dies in Workplace Crane Accident

  Fred Schultz | June 12, 2009 12:22 PM | 1 CommentBloomington, IN

  I was sorry to read about another workplace death involving a crane accident last week. According to the report, a worker fell over ninety feet to his death from a crane up in Gary. A coroner...

• Texas Voters Tell Their Lawmakers to Vote For Real Insurance Reform - TDI Sunset Bill, SB 1007

  Wayne Parsons | May 21, 2009 2:37 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  Today, Texas Watch is sending urging voters to ask their lawmakers to support pro-consumer amendments to the TDI Sunset bill, SB 1007. That Bill requires payment of reasonable medical expenses...