Posts tagged workers

• Canada’s National Day of Mourning

  Anne McGinness Kearse | April 28, 2011 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Today, on its National Day of Mourning, Canada commemorates workers who have lost their lives or been injured in the workplace. The National Day of Mourning began in 1984 as part of the Canadian...

• What Happens if AIG Goes Bankrupt?

  Will Parker | March 11, 2009 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  This is a fairly common question I receive as an attorney, particularly from my worker’s compensation clients. These injured workers’ employers’ insurance is through AIG and,...

• Workers Compensation Approved for Illegal Immigrants

  Pat Jennings | January 02, 2008 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently handed down a ruling that the citizenship of injured workers should not influence their ability to recover for an on the job injury. The court found that illegal immigrants are entitled to the same benefits under the South Carolina Workers Compensation Code as every other worker in state. This decision came on the heels of a case involving an...

• WA Man Fraudulently Collects Workers' Compensation Benefits

  Pat Jennings | October 08, 2007 6:08 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A Washington man has recently been sentenced to jail time following illegal collection of funds after a work injury. Willard Leech, a resident of Bellingham, had suffered a lumbar injury that put him out of work, although at the same time in which he was collecting benefits, Leech was also working a carpentry job for more than 10 months. This included maneuvering on ladders and manipulating...

• In-home nurses get workers compensation benefits for car accidents

  Ric Davis | September 07, 2007 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Two nurses could collect workers compensation benefits for separate auto accidents that happened while they were driving to see housebound patients -- even though they weren't paid mileage for the trips, the Workers' Compensation Commission has ruled. Commissioners said the claims were compensable despite the going and coming rule because car travel was a necessary, essential and integral part...

• Man fired minutes before injury awarded workers' comp benefits

  Ric Davis | August 31, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The following is a published account of a case handled by Christian and Davis as printed in Lawyers Weekly:An Upstate construction worker who had been fired for alleged misconduct just minutes before he was run over by a truck was entitled to workers' comp benefits, the Circuit Court has ruled. The accident happened as the claimant was headed for the jobsite's exit gate after he was let go,...

• Potential Workers Compensation Claim for 2000 Employees

  Pat Jennings | August 24, 2007 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A Rock Hill company may find itself with one of the largest Workers Compensation cases in the South Carolina state history. A meeting will take place Friday, August 24 at the Winthrop Coliseum that may bring in as many as 2000 former employees at the Celanese plant.Attorney Chad McGowan, of Rock Hill, will be conducting the meeting in order to gauge the interest in pursuing legal action. Both...

• SC Restaurant has no Worker's Comp Insurance on Burned Employee

  Pat Jennings | July 17, 2007 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Just over a month ago, Smokehouse Restaurant employee Kevin Lane suffered second degree burns over nearly twenty percent of his body following an accident at work. The employer failed to hold Worker's Compensation Insurance on Lane, and may end up paying dearly for being in direct violation of South Carolina laws relating to this situation. An employer that has four or more employees must have...

• Workers Compensation Deform in South Carolina

  Josh Christian | June 26, 2007 5:44 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, SC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In an article in the Greenville newspaper yesterday the Governor and wealthy business men across the state gathered to sign the new South Carolina Workers Compensation Deform bill. Instead of trying to protect the hard working men and women who form the core values of our country, Governor Sanford has decided to protect profits and businesses. Injured workers will suffer across the state as...

• Joye Law Firm Offers to Gratuitously Assist Families of Nine Fireman Killed In a Recent Fire in Charleston, South Carolina

  Amy Rothschild | June 19, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  On June 18, 2007, a local furniture store in South Carolina caught on fire during business hours. City of Charleston firemen rushed to the scene. Nine (9) firemen entered the burning building in order to insure that no employees were trapped inside. While the employees were able to make their way out of the building, nine (9) of the responding fire fighters were not as fortunate when the...