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• Construction worker killed, four injured in crane collapse

  Amber Scott | April 05, 2012 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The arm of a 170-foot crane broke in half Tuesday, killing one and injuring four others at a subway construction site in Manhattan, N.Y. The New Times identified the dead construction worker...

• Subcontractor crushed to death at Kent construction site

  Amber Scott | March 29, 2012 12:28 PM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Barberton subcontractor Russell Hirschfelt, 49, died Tuesday after being crushed between a backhoe and a stack of concrete slabs. The Lockhart Concrete construction worker was walking between the...

• Supreme Court Tightens Reins on Pay Discrimination Claims

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | May 30, 2007 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Today's New York Times reports that in a 5-4 decision yesterday, the Supreme Court held that employees may not bring suit under the principal federal anti-discrimination law unless they have filed a formal complaint with a federal agency within 180 days after their pay was set. This decision, which does not provide for an extension of the time frame if the worker is unaware of discriminatory...

• Recovery Beyond Workers Compensation

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | May 18, 2007 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  As most employees know, if you are injured while in the course and scope of your employment you are entitled to workers compensation benefits. These benefits cover your medical bills, lost wages and sometimes provide compensation for future losses, depending on the nature of the injuries. What employees should also be aware of, is if the injury incurred at work, was caused by the negligence of...

• Employers That Provide Blackberries to Employees Must Prohibit Texting While Driving or Face Liability

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | March 24, 2007 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The Workers Comp Insider Blog raises a very interesting and concerning work related issue in its posting March 16, 2007 concerning employee use of Blackberry or cellular devises and the practice of texting while driving. As if we don't have enough distractions as we hurtle ourselves from Point A to Point B in four ton vehicles, we read that DWT - driving while texting - has become an issue of...

• Worker Pulled From Collapsed Trench Lucky to Survive

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | March 22, 2007 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  An Akron area man was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland Wednesday after being buried to his waist in mud for more than two hours after a trench collapsed. The worker, Malcolm Ferguson, 51, of Akron, suffered broken bones in his lower leg, and possibly a large-bone break, Reminderville, Ohio fire officials said.Trench collapses can be deadly and are usually caused by a failure to...

• Don't Wait Too Long....Time Lines for Filing Suit

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | March 12, 2007 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There is a clock ticking from the date you are injured....and it only hurts the victim. In Ohio, and every state, there is a "statute of limitations" which governs the amount of time which a victim has to file a complaint against the individual/s or company which caused him or her harm. This time period typically begins when the individual is injured, for example, when the car accident...

• BP Lacking Necessary Safety Precautions for Employees

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | January 16, 2007 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Following a two year investigation of BP's refineries in 5 states, a safety panel headed by former Secretary of State James Baker determined that BP lacked important workplace safety measures and had a general lax attitude towards the safety of its employees. The safety investigation was prompted by the explosion in Texas City, Texas which killed 15 and injured 170. While the panel couldn't...

• Worksite Falls Lead to Certain Disaster

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | January 03, 2007 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Injuryboard attorney Thomas J, Methvin recently blogged on the topic of fall hazards at residential construction sites. Without question this is one of the greatest safety concerns present on a jobsite and one of the leading causes of death or disabling injury in the workplace. In 2004, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 1,224 construction workers died on the job, with 36...

• One Attorney's New Years Resolution - Not to Quit Fighting For My Clients' Rights

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | January 02, 2007 1:30 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Another year has come and gone; however in the State of Ohio, 2006 has been one to remember or more appropriately, for those of us that fight for consumer rights and the rights of small business, a year we would like to forget, In a flurry of last minute legislation passed by the outgoing Ohio Legislature, we have seen bills passed to undermine the rights of consumers in favor of the paint...