Worker in Sioux City Iowa dies from sewer gas safety issue
Several workers in northern Iowa were working to unclog a sewer line when one of the sewer workers was overcome by sewer gas and died. The work site was in North Sioux City, Iowa. It’s reported that...
View ArticleThe Choice is Yours: Electronically Shared Medical Records and Informed...
Little over a month ago, Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn signed a new bill into law initiating the secure exchange of electronic heath records in Illinois. The Health Information Exchange and...
View ArticleAmerica’s Hidden Casualties
As I travel on I-80 from Chicago to our Quad Cities office, I have a lot of time to think. One of the thoughts I had the other day was just how time seems to fly in our busy lives. Before you know it,...
View ArticleCreating Jobs: Wreaking Havoc on Injured Workers
Who says the government isn’t hard at work trying to create jobs and get the economy on track? A simple Google search this week found there were over 475 positions open for career RNs to switch to a...
View ArticleUp In Arms: Insurance Cos. Grit Teeth While WC Attorneys Rub Shoulders
The blogging world of workers’ compensation attorneys has been all abuzz over the last few weeks with the ruling of Smothers v. Will County Forest Preserve District. The conversation revolves around...
View ArticleKeeping Score: The Game of Fraud
Our firm will be the first to admit the world of workers’ compensation can be a pretty rough business sometimes. Fraud can be found anywhere, or in any line of work for that matter. One of the first...
View ArticleIt’s Only Natural
Injuries. They happen to all of us one time or another. Maybe we stretch a ligament in our knee while working in the yard or pull a muscle on a jump shot playing weekend jock. We chalk it up to a bit...
View ArticleShhhh…. Maybe It Will Just Go Away
Last week, Representative Elijah Cummings, D-Md introduced a bill that would revise the provisions in the Defense Base Act. The DBA is designed to provide medical treatment and compensation to...
View ArticleA Parent’s Tip to Summer Jobs…What To Do If Your Teen Is Injured
Summer is here and it’s time for a whole new wave of workers to experience their first “real” job. With summer comes a whole new set of opportunities. Park district pools will need lifeguards,...
View ArticleKerry Wood or Woody Kerry? Big Difference when it comes to MMI.
Kerry Wood first came to prominence as a twenty-year old rookie pitching for the Chicago Cubs when he recorded twenty strikeouts in a one-hit shutout against the Houston Astros. Some have argued it may...
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