May 27, 2015 No matter how hard some people try to take care of their health, tragic accidents and diseases can still require painful treatments and surgery. John Timiriasieff faced this type of reality back in October of 2014 when doctors had to amputate his right leg beneath the knee at a hospital in Coral…
May 20, 2015 Every year, far too many workers suffer serious injuries or even death while on the job. Although many of these tragic events occur in faraway countries like Bangladesh, others take place right here in the United States. On rare occasions, when the government decides that an employer has been extremely negligent, local…
May 4, 2015 It may happen one day when you’re moving along smoothly in traffic, happy that you’re about to get to work a bit early. Then all of a sudden, a small two-door sedan suddenly swerves in front of you and stops “on a dime.” With no time to move, you rear end that…
April 14, 2015 The family of Jahi McMath, the teen at the center of a controversial case involving the removal of life support, has filed a lawsuit against a California medical facility over serious brain damage she suffered during surgery on Dec. 9, 2013. She was later declared brain dead at the same hospital and eventually transported…
April 8, 2015 With the cases of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice, alleged police brutality has become an eminent issue in American society. On April 7th, yet another video of a police officer killing an unarmed citizen was released. This time the video documents the seemingly unprovoked murder of a fifty-year-old man, Walter L. Scott in South…
April 2, 2015 America can’t afford to forget the senseless tragedy that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, back in December of 2012. That was the month when Adam Lanza, a mentally unstable 20-year-old, found a gun in his mother’s home and killed her. He then went over to Sandy Hook Elementary where…
Click here to visit the original story at ProPublica Over the past decade, states have slashed workers’ compensation benefits, denying injured workers help when they need it most and shifting the costs of workplace accidents to taxpayers. by Michael Grabell, ProPublica, and Howard Berkes, NPR, March 4, 2015 (Photo Credit: Jeff Swensen, ProPublica) Dennis Whedbee’s crew was rushing to…
February 17, 2015 One of the iconic Wienermobiles was involved in a crash in central Pennsylvania. The incident occurred near Harrisburg when the rolling hot dog slid off the road, slamming into a pole. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported, except for some front end damage to the 27-foot billboard. The Wienermobile is known for…
January 26, 2015 “Is your vest like ours, or is it a suicide bombing vest?” In a professional situation, is this ever appropriate banter? What about when it’s being directed towards a muslim co-worker? Elsiddig Elhindi, a 56-year-old Sudanese immigrant, does not think so. His lawyer agrees, and together they are taking his case to…
January 17, 2014 According to a meta study by WalletHub, California ranks as one of the top five states that pose financial risk to drivers. The study essentially looked at the risk placed upon drivers by using the factors of uninsured drivers per capita in addition to the liability requirements of insured drivers. Put more…