Many military veterans throughout the country suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Approximately 20 percent of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan may have PTSD. While this ailment has gained much-needed attention recently, it still is going untreated and underreported in the medical community. PTSD often manifests itself with symptoms of stress, depression, or anxiety as a result of experiencing …

  Our firm has won another case under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. The employer of the claimant was ordered to pay for all of the claimant’s injuries to the neck, head and back  that occurred in 2014 while on the job. To View The Full Order Click Here.

The news has been full of the horrific scenes coming out of Nepal. The worst earthquake to hit Nepal in nearly a century was a 7.8 magnitude. It leveled homes and businesses, caused avalanches on Mount Everest and has kept the populace on edge ever since with its aftershocks. Some of these aftershocks have resulted in additional damage to the …

In many states, like Florida, workers’ compensation advocates are fighting to prevent “reforms” of the state laws meant to protect the rights of workers that are injured while on the job. Toted as “cost-saving” strategy, and referred to as “reform efforts”, many states’ legislatures have permitted the once pro-injured-worker state workers’ compensation laws to be whittled away into a vague …

DOL in Action Railroad Retaliation Nets $100,000 for Injured Worker An investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that management of the Union Pacific Railroad added insult to injury when it blamed a worker who was injured on the job and then suspended him without pay for reporting his injury. Union Pacific violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act …