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Worker's Intoxication Properly Barred Workers' Comp. Recovery
In Gratz v. Hill, the NC COA held yesterday that an employee's workers' comp. recovery was properly barred because the worker's intoxication was a cause for the injury...

$500,000.00 Settlement - Illinois Worker's Compensation Death Case - 3rd Party Products Liability & Wrongful Death Case Still Pending
While working for Phoenix Fabricators my client's late husband, Jason, was repairing weld lines on a water tower in Arkansas...

Some laid off Tennessee Workers can reopen work comp cases
Aluminum manufacturer Aleris International Inc. announced that it will close its alloy facility in Shelbyville, Tenn...

Relation Back
A legal malpractice case was filed against a firm that had defended a worker's comp case on behalf of an insurance company...

New Blog for PA Workers? Comp.
While we regularly do Pennsylvania injury cases, PA Workers’ Comp. is something we don’t do here at the Ziff Law Firm...

N.Y. Workers? Comp. and Unemployment Benefits
You can collect unemployment (UE) benefits while on Workers’ Comp. To qualify for UE: you must demonstrate recent substantial attachment to the labor market; must be out of work through no fault of your own; and you must be ready, willing, and able to work and must be actively seeking employment...

Worker's Compensation Laws Overview
Protect Workers From Injuries with plans that cover medical expenses and long-term or permanent disabilites

Can failure of an employer to provide healthy working conditions lead to wrongful discharge?
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) protects workers from...

One of the supervisor's at my job has been constantly mentioning to other supervisor's my every move and directed each of the supervisorss to watch me closely. A couple of months ago the same supervisor persuaded her bos
I would work at a different mcdonalds...

Can driving accident be cause for termination?
If your state is an at-will state, the company can fire you for any reason or fo...

My job requires me to drive bank deposits up to two times a day using my own vehicle and gas. Although not too far, can should I be receiving compensation? One deposit run is required daily by company policy, but the man
you should be getting a mileage comp. I own my own company and I pay my employee...

How are social security death benefits split between multiple surviving spouses?
Both would receive the same benefit amount, without either being reduced from wh...

Kentucky lawyers
fraud case ends in mistrial.

Injured Worker Receives $1.2 Million Settlement
Injured Worker Receives $1.2 Million Settlement

Maintenance Worker
Knox County School District pays employee $24,000 harassment settlement.

Settlement
Sears settles with disabled worker for record $6.2M

Railroad Worker Leukemia
Union Pacific pays settlement to former manager exposed to carcinogenic chemicals.

Injured Immigrant Worker
Owner of Billy G’s Tree Care pays former employee $30,000 settlement after sustaining a severe chainsaw facial laceration.