Workplace Injuries

• AIG - Workers Compensation - The Bailout

  Jon Lewis | January 08, 2009 1:24 PM | 14 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Well, I have just seen first hand what the bailout has done for AIG: made them even more heartless and cold than ever before. We represent a family who lives in Mexico. Their son was employed by a...

• Alabama Man Falls in Construction Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 21, 2008 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A contractor fell from an Alabama water tower while he was painting it. The construction accident happened outside of Hurtsboro on Wednesday evening. There were three other contractors painting with...

• Injured on the Job?

  Jon Lewis | June 14, 2008 6:37 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  If you are injured on the job, what should you do? First and foremost, report the injury to your employer. You need a record of the injury so they cannot say you weren't injured. It is best to do...

• Can I Claim Damages In Addition To My Workers’ Compensation Benefits For My Work-Related Accident?

  Michael Roberts | May 30, 2008 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  When workers are injured on the job, they may have rights to compensation for damages in addition to their workers’ compensation benefits. If a “third party” other than the employer itself...

• Chicago Construction Accident Kills One

  Internal Administrator | May 26, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man fell in a construction accident on the north end of Chicago and died on Sunday. It is believed he fell at least three stories to the ground. He was a resident of Chicago. The man fell...

• Chicago Construction Accident Kills One

  Shannon Weidemann | May 26, 2008 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man fell in a construction accident on the north end of Chicago and died on Sunday. It is believed he fell at least three stories to the ground. He was a resident of Chicago. The man fell...

• Four Injured in Louisiana Construction Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 24, 2008 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Four men working at Trunkline LNG installing pipeline were injured on Monday. The construction accident happened when some scaffolding gave way. Early reports said there was a fire or explosion at...

• Man Crashes into Tulsa Construction Zone

  Shannon Weidemann | April 09, 2008 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man driving a car through a construction zone in Tulsa at a high rate of speed was killed when he hit a construction vehicle. The construction zone accident happened on a Tulsa highway last night....

• Tuscaloosa Construction Accidents Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | March 26, 2008 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 29-year-old man was killed in a construction accident in Tuscaloosa on Friday. The accident happened at First Baptist Church on Greensboro Avenue. There is a construction project going on there. The victim was working construction on an addition at the church late Friday afternoon when he became pinned between a scissor lift and the building, said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit Capt....

• Six Charged With Filing False Storm Claims

  Chrissie Cole | March 04, 2008 1:15 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Following a federal grand jury indictment earlier this week, six Orlando-area residents have been arrested by federal officials and charged with filing false storm claims with the federal government in 2005.Each of the six individuals arrested, are being charged in separate indictments, and accused of filing and collecting $2,000 in disaster assistance claims with the Federal Emergency...