Posts tagged injuries

• Federal Posting Requirements

  Robert Blanchard | November 21, 2007 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  One impediment to an injured worker receiving fair compensation is the employee lack of knowledge about the laws an rules that apply in the workplace. If an injured worker does not know that there should be compensation for certain injuries (carpal tunnel syndrome, for example), the claim for benefits may not be timely filed. Interestingly, Federal law requires the posting of information about a...

• New Policy For Beach-Driving Leaves Public Vulnerable

  Eddie Farah | May 29, 2009 12:09 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We reported earlier this month about a Jacksonville Beach police SUV that accidentally ran over a woman who was sunbathing. She was in very critical condition and is just now able to speak. The...

• Football Player’s Death Calls Attention to Depression Caused by TBIs

  Ed Normand | May 16, 2012 8:57 AM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  video platform video management video solutions video player This is an ABC News report discussing the death of former National Football League (NFL) linebacker...

• Bayer's Beyaz -- Cause for Shame, Not Celebration

  Brenda Fulmer | September 27, 2010 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  This week begins as one of contrasts for me. Bayer is heralding the FDA’s approval of its latest reformulation of Yaz. The FDA has issued its own press release as well, presumably because...

• Dirty Secret Behind Electrical Linemen Deaths

  Bob Carroll | January 07, 2006 2:02 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Mothers, don't send your boys to be linemen.An electrical lineman's job is clearly one of the most dangerous in the United States. But the real tragedy, according to veteran linemen, family members, attorneys, and even OSHA [U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration] investigators, is that many of those deaths and horrible injuries could and should have been...

• Public Radio Covering Silicosis Claims

  Robert Blanchard | March 08, 2006 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Our firm decided not to handle silicosis claims. However, some other good firms got involved and are now being scrutinized. See the coverage at NPR.Silicosis is a deadly lung disease that industrial workers get from inhaling crystalline silica in foundries, mines, quarries and shipyards. Over the last few years, plaintiff lawyers aggressively advertised for silicosis victims, inviting them to...

• Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Offers Passengers "All You Can Drink" Deals

  Brett Rivkind | April 25, 2011 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Everyone knows when you go on a cruise ship you are going to eat a lot because there is an unlimited amount of food made available as part of the price paid for the cruise. Royal Caribbean has...

• Beware: Scary Hospital Tactics in Patient Billing

  Ed Normand | August 10, 2011 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 53 year old woman is involved in a motor vehicle accident. No fault of her own. She is taken via ambulance to Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. While there she fills out her...

• Harry Potter Theme Park Ride Records First Significant Guest Injuries

  Ed Normand | July 21, 2011 9:00 AM | 4 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to the Orlando Sentinel, the popular Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride has experienced its first significant guest injury during the first quarter of 2011. A state record...

• 10 Most Dangerous Jobs In U.S.

  Bob Carroll | October 03, 2005 6:25 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Time to appreciate the risks taken by others to provide us with the goods and services we require. Start that appreciation with the 10 most dangerous jobs in the country. Workers most likely to be killed at work are not donning bullet-proof vests to capture criminals or saving victims from fire-engulfed buildings. Those of us who sit at desks need to appreciate the risks taken by others to...