Personal Injury Law

Domestic Workers in NY Lobby for Bill of Rights
This NYT editorial joins in calling for New York to pass a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights for domestic workers. New York City, where entire industries and neighborhoods would collapse without paid domestic help, was the site last week of...

Advocates push bill to increase benefits for disabled workers
Injured workers and their advocates are pushing for a bill to increase benefits for permanently disabled workers. ?California workers permanently disabled on the job receive compensation that is among the lowest the nation,? Sue Borg, president of the California Applicants?...

Three Construction Workers Injured
This morning, three construction workers were injured while working at a site at The Shops at La Cantera. One of the corners collapsed and the workers slid 28 feet. They were not critically hurt...

Atlanta & Douglasville Workers' Compensation Claimants: If You Are Unhappy With The Workers' Compensation Doctor, You May Be Entitled To Get A New Doctor
When someone is injured on the job, they may find themselves overwhelmed by the changes in their life. Work injuries are not only unexpected and painful, but can also be life-changing...

Workers Comp and Wellness: Partners at a Distance
Bill Thorness has written an interesting article for NCCI on the relationship of wellness programs to workers comp costs. In some respects, it involves a "duh" thesis: wellness programs can significantly lower comp costs, because healthy workers are less prone to injury and, once injured, recover more quickly than their out-of-shape co-workers...

Georgia Workers Compensation Law Update An Injured Truck Driver Cannot Maintain A Workers Compensation Case In Georgia Against A Statutory Employer In Some Instances
As I mentioned in a recent article, the concept of statutory employment has a long and somewhat misunderstood history even among lawyers. On July 7, 2007, the Court of Appeals decided Axxson Timber Company v...

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Workers Compensation Overview
Federal laws that cover workplace injuries

H-1B Visas
How to get professional worker's visa

Federal Transportation Equity Act of 2005
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Nevada Onion
Workers Injured, EPA Files Complaint

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.

Phone Bill Reduction
Qwest agrees to $16 million settlement in overcharging lawsuit.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

$33 Million Awarded to Boy Injured by Drunken Driver
Drunk Driver To Pay $33 Million to Injured Friend

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.