Worker’s Compensation

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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

Illinois Construction Site Accident Yields Unprecedented Award

by Hoffman DiMuzio on 5/9/2013

Ronald Bayer fell off an iron beam while working on the construction site of an Illinois warehouse in 2007 and landed head first on the concrete 20 feet below. He sustained severe injuries: paralysis from the chest down and...more

Alabama Construction Worker Awarded $1.7 million For Injuries

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 4/10/2013

While workers' compensation benefits will work to cover the medical expenses and lost wages that an Alabama worker encounters following a workplace accident or injury, this is not the only source of compensation available in...more

Successfully Defending a Lawsuit

by Sands Anderson PC on 12/13/2011

Anyone who has been a defendant in a lawsuit will tell you that the process is expensive, time consuming and stressful. I have spent the past twenty years defending businesses and individuals in courts throughout Virginia and...more

Eight workers burned in power plant fire get sizeable settlement

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 2/8/2011

"I just remember the vivid images of when I was burned, when I looked at myself in the ambulance," said 24-year-old Alex T. of the industrial accident two years ago that left him with deep burns over 65 percent of his...more

22-Year-Old Lumber Worker Killed in Vance Construction Accident

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 1/4/2011

A tragedy occurred December 31 in the town of Vance, just outside Tuscaloosa. A 22-year-old lumber yard worker will not see the new year because he was struck by a log that fell from a machine used in the processing of logs...more

Torts - Peculiar Risk Doctrine Does Not Apply To Injured Independent Contractor

by Low, Ball & Lynch on 7/8/2010

In Privette v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal 4th 689, the California Supreme Court held that the hirer of a contractor cannot be vicariously liable for on the job injuries sustained by a contractor's employee resulting from a...more