"No one should know how laws or sausages are made," the German statesman Otto von Bismarck once said. The wily chancellor was making a point about the ugliness that often underlies the political process. He was not referring to the importance of protecting and...
Workers' compensation is a very specific area of the law. This is true not only in Pennsylvania, but in each state's work comp system. It should scarcely be surprising, then, that workers' compensation law contains a concept known as "specific loss." The term refers...
The summer of 2012 has been brutally hot across most of the country. Northeastern Pennsylvania certainly has not been spared. The effects of such extreme heat are many. One of the most severe can be heat illness suffered on the job. Thousands of people become sick at...
At first glance, a hair styling salon does not seem like a place associated with workplace injury. After all, the equipment used isn't heavy. Scissors and barber sheers may be sharp, but they don't necessarily put workers at risk the way in the way that a construction...
If you have been injured in a workplace accident, should you accept a lump-sum settlement? Or is it better to receive payments over a period of time? This is something you will probably want to discuss with an attorney who is familiar with the process for Pennsylvania...
Repetitive stress injuries, also known as repetitive motion injuries or cumulative trauma disorders, are injuries that develop gradually over time as a result of repetitive movements or awkward postures. Just like back or neck injuries caused by a single accident,...
What can be done to prevent accidents that cause injuries on construction sites, especially summer work season heats sup? After all, injuries caused by construction accidents are not only among the most common types of workers' compensation claims. Such accidents can...
The dangers of lead have been known at least since the early days of the Roman Empire. Arsenic, too, has a well-documented history as a poisonous substance. Cadmium is increasingly known as such a substance as well. And yet these substances continue to pose work...
By any measure, law enforcement officers have one of the most dangerous jobs there is. Nationally, 134 police and sheriff's patrol officers were killed on the job in 2010. Nonfatal injuries are also very common. In Pennsylvania, a vivid reminder of the potential for...
When someone gets hurt on the job, doctors are sometimes too quick to prescribe powerful drugs to treat the symptoms of those injuries. These strong painkillers, which include drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet and Duragesic, may hurt more than help the injured worker....