Workplace Injuries

• Helpful NC Workers' Compensation Links for the Injured Worker

  Ben Burnside | May 31, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  In this information-fueled age, many injured workers look to the internet for information about North Carolina workers' compensation benefits when they are injured at work. For the web savvy worker and workers' compensation practitioner, there is a ton of helpful, and free, information on the web. This post will focus on the wide variety of information available through the website of the...

• Workers Ordered to Repay Company for Workers' Comp Costs

  Dan Deuterman | May 28, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  At The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law Blog, my colleague Ben Burnside writes about a disturbing default judgement in New Jersey that is forcing laid off, injured workers to repay their employer $2.2 million in workers' compensation costs.

• 5 Indicted in $100 million workers' compensation insurance scam

  Ben Burnside | May 24, 2007 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Five men have been indicted in a $100 million workers comp fraud scam that left hundreds of workers across the country without urgent medical care and death benefits, according to reports by the Associated Press and All Headline News.Between 2001 and 2004, the five men allegedly sold bogus workers' compensation insurance coverage to companies. Businesses allegedly paid premiums for fraudulent,...

• 9/11 workers fight for workers' compensation benefits

  Dan Deuterman | May 24, 2007 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  I blogged yesterday about an important deadline for workers who helped with cleanup and recovery efforts in New York City following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.This article shows the uphill battle facing many 9/11 heroes as they attempt to collect workers' compensation benefits and get medical care for their 9/11 injuries and illnesses.As this article points out, workers...

• Deadline approaches for 9/11 workers to claim workers compensation benefits

  Dan Deuterman | May 23, 2007 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  First responders and rescue workers who helped with the recovery, demolition and cleanup in New York City after the 9/11 attacks are covered under a special workers' compensation statute. But there's an important catch. The deadline to register for workers' compensation benefits is approaching, as this fact sheet from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health explains.Many people...

• Company sets goal of zero workplace injuries

  Dan Deuterman | May 22, 2007 10:02 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  Injury Board partner Michael A. Ferrara in New Jersey blogs about ITT's efforts to reduce on-the-job injuries. Actually ITT is hoping to completely eradicate such injuries -- an admirable goal indeed, especially when you consider the financial and human cost of workplace deaths and injuries.The number of workers dying on the job this year will reach almost 6,000. More than two million will be...

• Workers' comp settlement amounts down in Florida

  Dan Deuterman | May 21, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Palm Beach Post writerTom Blackburn provides a startling glimpse at how workers' compensation reform is impacting injured workers in Florida.In 2003, Florida lawmakers passed legislation to limit fees for attorneys who represent injured workers. The result? Without attorneys to advocate for them, workers' benefits have dropped precipitously.As Blackburn observes: In 2003, the last year under the...

• NY workers' comp reform won't help those already collecting benefits

  Dan Deuterman | May 18, 2007 9:09 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer is being applauded for reforming the workers' compensation system in his state.The reforms are being characterized as a win for both employers and their employees and have been lauded by businesses and labor unions alike.The new law increases the maximum benefit payouts while limiting the amount of time employees can collect payments for partial disability, like a...

• Workers' Compensation Lawsuit Filed By Injured Forklift Operator

  Dan Deuterman | May 15, 2007 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A Texas warehouse employee who was injured while operating a forklift at his place of employment has filed a workers' compensation lawsuit against his employer, Akrotex Warehouse, Inc. According to the plaintiff's original petition, Akrotex is negligent because it failed to examine the warehouse rack beam heights to ensure the forklift could be operated safely and failed to provide a forklift...