Earning your client’s trust is a crucial part of being an attorney. Today we have a guest post from our colleague Roger Moore of Nebraska. In its most basic form, trust is defined as “reliance on the integrity, strength, and ability of a person”. Trust can also be defined as “a person on whom [...]
Last Friday (June 22, 2012) the NC Legislature passed an insurance bill (HB 237), allegedly to help the N.C. Industrial Commission track employers to make sure they obey the law and purchase workers'’ compensation insurance when they have three or more employees. This bill keeps information confidential that is sent from the Rate Bureau (the [...]
Our country has a mission statement. It’s called the U.S Constitution, and it’s a written document that lays out the fundamental principles and values of the country. When we stray from that document we are going off course, much like a ship that begins to leave its charted waters, and each organization should have its [...]
According to the North Carolina Department of Labor, for the past two years there have been 101 deaths on the job in this state. Instead of just reviewing that cold statistical number, it might be a good idea for all of us to see the names of some of these individuals and how they died. [...]
On May 22, 2012 the PBS Frontline series ran a devastating story about cell tower deaths in this exploding industry and at the end of the story, after it had revealed how little concern is being shown for the safety of men who climb these towers, one man was quoted as saying "people will die." [...]
On May 22, 2012 the PBS Frontline series ran a devastating story about cell tower deaths in this exploding industry and at the end of the story, after it had revealed how little concern is being shown for the safety of men who climb these towers, one man was quoted as saying "people will die." [...]
Today we have a guest post from our colleague Todd Bennett of Nebraska. Every employer not in agriculture, farm or ranch operations is required to obtain and maintain workers’’ compensation coverage for all employees. Those employers who voluntarily and willfully fail to obtain and maintain coverage violate the law and subject themselves to significant [...]
Today we have a guest blog from our colleagues Nathan Hammons and Charlie Domer of Wisconsin. While this post contains many references to Wisconsin law, we think it is a valuable examination of the topic of domestic servants as employees who are protected by workers’ compensation. Most families in Wisconsin have hired a baby-sitter or [...]
Today we have a guest post from our colleague Brody Ockander of Nebraska. If a worker dies from a work accident or occupational disease, his surviving family members are entitled to death benefits under Nebraska workers'’ compensation. However, proving the death was work-related is sometimes complicated in situations where there is not a clear accident. [...]
Today’s guest post comes to us from our colleague Matt Funk of New York. Many times insurance medical examinations are considered by injured employees to be the same as Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs). There is nothing farther from the truth. These examinations are bought and paid for by the insurance company and for their benefit. [...]