Posts tagged personal injuries

• Finding the Last Straw: Workers’ Comp Cumulative Injuries and Causation

  Nick Avgerinos | August 04, 2008 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Finding the Last Straw: Workers’ Comp Cumulative Injuries and Causation When you’re seriously injured, you know it. Most of the workplace injuries you hear about in the news are pretty...

• Look Out Below: Potholes Prevalent and Seemingly Permanent

  Nick Avgerinos | July 23, 2008 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We have certain traditions for summertime in Chicago: the Crosstown Classic, the Taste, and construction. We all know about construction season in the city, and while most of us mark it by...

• Yard Work Can be Hard Work: Safety Tips for the Summer

  Nick Avgerinos | July 15, 2008 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I recently blogged about American workers who are injured by lawn mowers. The U.S. Consumer...

• Hard to Call Slip-and-Fall: Workers’ Compensation for Working from Home?

  Nick Avgerinos | August 13, 2008 9:35 AM | 2 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Everyone’s talking about the struggle to fuel our nation: where to find the cheapest gas, techniques for getting the most out of your gas, what car to drive for the best mileage, etc. But some...

• Do Professional Athletes Have the Right to Workers’ Compensation?

  Nick Avgerinos | July 22, 2008 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  While most of us can only dream of earning a living playing our favorite sport for a nation of fans and viewers for millions of dollars a year, we can certainly take an interest in the field...

• Mistakes Were Made: 5 Tips for Avoiding Medical Malpractice

  Nick Avgerinos | July 29, 2008 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Early this July, the CEO of large hospital in Boston posted a blog entitled: “The message you hope never to send.” Talk about a jarring headline for anyone with loved ones at the hospital. What...

• Do Aluminum Bats Create an Unnecessary Danger for our Children?

  Nick Avgerinos | June 11, 2008 10:37 AM | 1 CommentChicago-Land, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Last month, the family a New Jersey boy who suffered severe brain damage when struck by a line drive off of an aluminum baseball bat created an uproar of controversy when they sued the maker of the...

• 21 or Bust: Adult Enablers Encourage Underage Drinking

  Nick Avgerinos | July 11, 2008 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Parties with no adult supervision, fake IDs , vodka in water bottles; it’s the worst nightmare of most parents of teens. With the focus on young Hollywood’s drinking and drugs, kids today...

• Small Town Savings: The Switch from Gas Guzzlers to Golf Carts

  Nick Avgerinos | July 30, 2008 11:36 AM | 1 CommentChicago-Land, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Gas prices keep climbing, and salaries are failing to follow suit. As a result, Americans everywhere are searching for ways to save. The newest idea in Illinois: golf carts. No, people aren’t...

• Something to Chew Over: Are You “On-the-Job” During Your Lunch Break?

  Nick Avgerinos | July 21, 2008 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Workers’ compensation is probably something you don’t know a whole lot about, until you or a close friend suffers an on-the-job injury. Then it comes at you all too quickly. What’s the...