Personal Injury Law

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...

Arkansas: Frozen embryos and Workers Comp
Here are two items you might never expect to appear together: frozen embryos and workers comp. But a case in Arkansas reveals that the comp system can easily be drawn into the ongoing (and apparently endless) debate of when life begins...

Coming soon: Comp Wonk, a Minnesota workers compensation weblog
I am getting ready to launch Comp Wonk, a blog about Minnesota workers’ compensation, on November 1. A friend of mine who represents injured workers will be writing the blog, and I am looking forward to getting it up and running...

IRCA Does Not Preempt Workers Comp Benefits
Amoah v. Mallah Management,___A.D.3d___(3d Dep't. Oct. 30, 2008), is an important decision. A New York appellate court holds that an undocumented worker is eligible for Workers Comp benefits and that his claim is not preempted by IRCA...

No Workers Comp Adjustments with SSI
The NH Supreme Court has just handed down a decision that says that a person who is receiving Social Security Disability cannot also receive cost of living adjustments for their workers comp benefits...

COA Applies Foreign Workers' Comp Act To Bar Action For Local Injury
Yesterday the NC Court of Appeals (COA) issued an important decision barring tort claims by workers of foreign (out of state) companies who are injured in NC. The case is Burton v. Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors, Inc...

Court OKs workers' comp for former NFL star
Last July, the 10th Court of Appeals in Waco rejected former Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Chad Hennings' workers' compensation claim, holding that professional athletes essentially cannot claim workers' comp...

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. Unfortunately, this is just another plant closing in Tennessee...

Fired Workers Comp. Claimant Can only Sue for Retaliation Under Statute
The Ohio Supreme Court just issued a decision in Bickers, which holds that a workers' comp. claimant who is terminated while receiving benefits has no common law right to sue in tort for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy...

Douglasville Workers Comp. Case Or Paulding County Workers' Comp. Case - - A Guide For Injured Workers To Find The Courthouse
Many of my clients in Douglasville ask me where the courthouse is for workers' compensation cases. I warn them that it is not so simple of an answer. Many just assume that because my office is located directly across the street from the Douglas County Courthouse that the State Board of Workers' Compensation hears cases at our courthouse...

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

Workers Compensation Overview
Federal laws that cover workplace injuries

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

Furloughed Workers
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Perdue Farms Faces Class Action By Hourly Workers
Perdue Farms Faces Class Action by Hourly Workers

Nevada Onion
Workers Injured, EPA Files Complaint

Oil and Gas
industry workers allegedly subject to serious accident injury from hazardous conditions.

Cintas Settles Laundry Workers' Class Action for $6.5 Million
Cintas Settles Laundry Workers' Class Action for $6.5 Million

Retired Steel Workers Win Pension Benefits Class Action for $51 Million
Retired Steel Workers Win Pension Benefits Class Action for $51 Million