Paulino v. Chartis Claims, Inc., a case from the Untied States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, involved claimant who suffered a spinal cord injury while working for employer. His work-related accident left him a permanent paraplegic. Following the accident, employee’s workers compensation insurance company paid the cost of…
State ex rel. Varney v. Indus. Comm’n, a case from the Supreme Court of Ohio, involved a claimant who was lost four fingers on his left hand in a workplace accident. This industrial accident occurred in 1983. Following the accident, three of the fingers were reattached completely and the forth…
Repetitive stress injury (RSI) is one of the more common on-the-job injuries we see in workers’ compensation in Boston. While repetitive stress injury can be caused by many different reasons, they are often work-related. A recent news article from the New York Post looks at how many baristas (coffee shop…
W. World Ins. Co. v. Armbruster, a case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, involved claimant who worked at a farmer’s market. This farmers market offered hayrides, pony rides, and pumpkin picking. Claimant was hired to run the hayride for eight weeks. There was a…
In Martz v. Hills Materials, a case from the Supreme Court of South Dakota, claimant injured his shoulder in 2000 while working at a mining company. Claimant filed a workers’ compensation claim and received benefits for the work-related injury. In this accident, his employer was self-insured, accepted liability for workers’…
In re Worker’s Compensation Claim of Stevens, a workers’ compensation appeal from the Supreme Court of Wyoming, involved claimant who was injured when she fell down a flight of stairs outside her workplace. She worked at an aquatics facility, and the accident occurred in late 2010. After falling down the…
An employee at a waste disposal company was killed in what appears to be an industrial accident in Peabody, Massachusetts, according to a recent news article from the Eagle Tribune. Authorities say victim was working a Friday morning shift when he was run over by a front-loader. The accident occurred…
Morales v. Zenith Ins. Co., a workers’ compensation case from the Supreme Court of Florida, involved an employee who was crushed to death by a palm tree while working at employer’s lawn care business. Employee’s surviving spouse entered into a settlement agreement with employer and its liability insurance carrier. This…
In Deon v. H &J, Inc., claimant was employed in a full-time capacity as a maintenance technician for employer from 2003 until 2009. A few years prior to working for employer, claimant injured her shoulders and neck. She filed for workers’ compensation and received a six percent permanent partial disability…