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• Construction Worker Crushed To Death In Accident

  Chrissie Cole | April 01, 2009 3:19 PM | 0 Comments

  A construction worker was killed today when he became crushed beneath the tractor-trailer that he was trying to free from the mud. The accident happened just after 8:00 a.m. at Frederick...

• No Economic Incentive For Worker Safety?

  Ric Davis | 2008-04-25T17:28:00 | 0 Comments

  No Economic Incentive For Worker Safety?

• Safety of Construction Sites

  Ric Davis | 2008-04-24T17:06:00 | 0 Comments

  A New York building, under construction, where seven workers died after a crane collapse, violated multiple zoning regulations. According to local residents and politicians, the city...

• Employment Related Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Unfair

  Ric Davis | 2008-04-23T15:59:00 | 0 Comments

  Employment Related Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Unfair

• Maximum Weekly Workers Compensation Rate In South Carolina

  Ric Davis | 2008-04-22T08:20:00 | 0 Comments

  Maximum Weekly Workers Compensation Rate in SC

• How to report an on-the-job injury?

  Ric Davis | 2008-04-21T18:31:04 | 0 Comments

  Report all injuries at work to your employer immediately and request medical treatment, if needed. If you neglect to report the injury within 90 days of the accident you may lose your benefits....

• Frivolous Lawsuits?

  Ric Davis | 2008-04-21T18:17:56 | 1 Comment

  The “McDonald’s coffee” case. We have all heard it: a woman spills McDonald's coffee, sues and gets $3 million. Here are the facts of this widely misreported case: Stella Liebeck, 79 years old, was...

• Blood Thinner Heparin Intentionally Contaminated ?

  Ric Davis | 2008-04-17T16:22:43 | 0 Comments

  Another glaring example of why the drug industry and President Bush will lobby for pre-emption is found in recent developments with regard to a Baxter International drug. On April 15, 2008, the FDA...

• FDA Warns About Fentanyl Again

  Jenny Albano | 2007-12-22T17:45:00 | 0 Comments

  The FDA warned, for the second time in two years, that improper use of the fentanyl patch, a painkiller, is still claiming lives. Some of the deaths were due to doctors prescribing the patch to the wrong patients. The drug is supposed to be used for chronic pain for patients who are used to narcotics, but some doctors were prescribing the drug to patients with headaches or for post-surgery...

• Health Courts?

  Ric Davis | 2007-09-14T12:01:57 | 0 Comments

  The following is an interesting article from Lawyers Weekly on Health Courts. Should medical malpractice claims be decided by an administrator in the medical profession? Should the injured patients' remedies be capped and limited in the interest of economic expediency? You decide............Doctors and tort reformers are pushing legislation in both houses of Congress to fund pilot projects...