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- Lawsuits tackle football-related brain injuries
Dec 10, 2015
The link between football and concussions and other traumatic brain injuries (TBI) is becoming better known, with media increasing its coverage of the issue of late. The repeated concussions that many players endure on the field can add up to a condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which can cause memory loss, depression, difficulty controlling impulses and even dementia. In some cases, the condition may have even contributed to former players committing suicide. But can...Read More - What is an “occupational disease”?
Dec 3, 2015
An occupational disease is an illness that develops in a worker as a result of his or her repeated exposure to a hazardous work condition. As opposed to the acute and traumatic nature of common construction site accidents, which we discussed in our previous post, many occupational diseases develop from long-term cumulative exposure to a work condition. For example, exposure to fine airborne particles, chemicals or biological agents are all risk factors for certain occupational...Read More - What are the most common types of construction accidents?
Nov 28, 2015
In 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that one in five worker deaths resulted from construction accidents. Of those construction deaths, more than half resulted from just four causes: falls, electrocution, being struck by an object, and caught-in/between hazards. Caught-in/between hazards include instances where a worker is caught in a cave-in, or pulled into machinery or gets compressed between two heavy objects. OSHA states that eliminating those "fatal four" causes would save 508 worker...Read More - Workers in dangerous jobs can sue third parties
Nov 26, 2015
A group of California firefighters is suing the Santa Clara Waste Water Co. over injuries they received while responding to a chemical explosion at the plant. An article reporting on the lawsuit says the firefighters suffered pulmonary and other injuries after battling a chemical explosion that the company's lawyer is characterizing as an industrial accident. The lawsuit alleges that the plant's employees were negligent in assuring the firefighters that the facility was safe to enter...Read More - Another FedEx worker dies in work accident
Nov 24, 2015
It is that heartwarming time of year, when we see more FedEx and UPS trucks on the roads. With the holidays having arrived, family and friends are sending each other gifts to show their love and appreciation. With this happy time of year, however, come some risks for accidents. Behind every FedEx package you receive is a job, and workers who dedicate the precious hours of their days to serving the needs of people not...Read More - Another “serial infector,” Elet Neilson, follows steps of David Kwiatkowski
Nov 19, 2015
As the saying goes, "history repeats itself." In June, we wrote an article about an interview that was done with the imprisoned "serial infector," David Kwiatkowski. If you'll recall, Kwiatkowski is serving a 39-year sentence for infecting nearly fifty people with the hepatitis C virus after intravenously injecting the painkiller fentanyl, then swapping saline back into the tubes and having the needles re-used on patients. In the article were detailed accounts of his drinking and...Read More - Unknown and known in tractor-trailer crashes
Nov 14, 2015
The coverage of the recent crash involving a tractor-trailer and a pick-up was scant. Just one Pennsylvania TV station covered the deadly collision and its report lasted just a few seconds. Media interest in these violent events is limited, though a few familiar details emerged in this case. The driver of the pick-up died in the early morning crash, trapped inside what remained of his mangled vehicle. He was 66 years old. The brief video...Read More - More than 2,000 patients exposed to Hepatitis C at Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Utah
Nov 13, 2015
Our firm is now reviewing cases for those who may have been exposed to Hepatitis C while being treated at Davis Hospital and Medical Center. The current investigation into how a patient at McKay-Dee Hospital became infected with the Hepatitis C virus has now widened its gaze to a second hospital. Layton, Utah's Davis Hospital and Medical Center, just a few miles south of Ogden, Utah-based McKay-Dee Hospital, is sending notices to 2369 patients to...Read More - Work-related illness claims more difficult than injury claims
Nov 12, 2015
Workers' compensation was set up during a time when most work injuries were trauma-related. Today, deaths from occupational illness far outnumber deaths from work injuries. But the system often fails workers who become ill at work because of acute or chronic exposure to a toxin or other dangerous work condition. Part of the problem is that the nature of illness related to toxic exposure doesn't always cooperate with regulations governing workers' compensation claims. An exposure-related...Read More - Nearly 5000 Utah hospital patients at McKay-Dee may have been exposed to Hepatitis C
Nov 10, 2015
In a recent interview, ABC news reported that one of the five thousand, a high school senior in Utah, and his mother are extremely fearful pending the results of his Hepatitis C test. The test was administered after the young man became aware through a letter that a nurse at the hospital had been diverting a type of morphine for her own personal use that was meant to be disposed. The crimes occurred at McKay-Dee...Read More