By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published February 1, 2017 | Posted in Workers Compensation |
If you are a truck driver for one of Alabama’s numerous transit companies (Alabama Freight, AMX Trucking, Boyd Brothers, Baggett Transportation, BPI Transportation, Malone Freight, Hanna Truck Lines, etc.), or an independent Owner Operator, you aren’t surprised to hear that according to reports issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Center for Disease Control, OSHA Read More
Read MoreAs is my wont, the other morning before office hours I was reading articles about workers compensation issues throughout the United States, when I came across a piece based on recent reports by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Center for Disease Control, OSHA and other organizations. The authors had used these reports and Read More
Read MoreIf you work in Alabama, you are not only entitled to workers’ compensation benefits when you suffer a work injury, you also may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits if you suffer a job illness which leads to a permanent loss–this is called an Occupational Disease. An occupational disease differs from a typical situation where Read More
Read MoreConstruction workers, Police Officers, Firemen, Deep Sea Fishermen. These are the jobs which come to mind when you are thinking about jobs in which employees are most likely to suffer a job injury-but none of these jobs top the list of jobs with the highest rate of work related injuries. The distinction for the job Read More
Read MoreOften when we are speaking with potential clients about their job injury, the following questions is asked: Is the Company Nurse allowed to be present during my doctor visit? Most people are not comfortable with a stranger sitting in with them during a medical evaluation, and get angry when this stranger interrupts them to tell Read More
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