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Understanding negligence can help victims win compensation
This blog has discussed many different situations in which a Charlotte, North Carolina, victim can receive compensation for his or her injuries. For instance, in many cases, a Charlotte resident will get hurt in a car accident, motorcycle accident, or truck accident that is the fault of one of the…
Carpal tunnel syndrome is common in some industries
Many job duties require repetitive motions of the hand and wrist. This is common for cashiers, construction workers and factory workers. Unfortunately, not all employers take steps that minimize the stress on their employees. One repetitive motion injury that might occur is carpal tunnel syndrome. This can make doing almost everything…
What is OSHA’s role in a workers’ compensation claims?
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, is a government agency in charge of keeping workers in North Carolina and other parts of the country safe. To do so, it implements and polices a number of safety regulations. Failing to abide by these regulations can result in fines…
Are you at risk of developing bursitis?
Repetitive motion injuries are becoming much more common in the workplace across many industries. For instance, if you work in construction and are performing the same tasks every day, such as using a drill, you may begin to develop bursitis. This is a repetitive motion injury that develops as inflammation…
Winter driving is dangerous, particularly at holiday time
A previous post on this blog described a recent accident in the Charlotte area which was caused by black ice. Apparently, a driver was going too fast to account for the slippery, and hard-to-see, ice on the road and thus lost control of the vehicle. Winter weather is frequently to blame for car…
Three injured in area crash involving black ice
The Charlotte area has had a relatively rare spell of snowy and icy weather this winter, and that has contributed to an increased number of car accidents. One such personal injury left at least one person with injuries police called life-threatening, while two other people were transported to nearby hospitals with injuries of unknown…
Retaliation for filing a workers’ comp claim is illegal
The federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has good news and bad news for American workers. First, the good news: there was a decline in workplace injuries last year. The not-so-good news is that there were still nearly 3 million on-the-job injuries to American workers. The BLS said last month there…
Representing victims of misdiagnoses, other malpractice
A previous post on this blog talked about how important it is that doctors in Charlotte, North Carolina, diagnose their patients promptly and correctly the first time. While sometimes a doctor is left making his or her best educated guess, all too often, preventable mistakes in identifying the cause of a patient’s…
When is a missed diagnosis really medical malpractice?
To some extent, the practice of medicine remains an art as opposed to an exact science. This is because even the best doctors in the Charlotte area, when they diagnose a patient’s conditions, are in reality making an educated guess based on the information they have. There is room for…
Workers’ compensation protects the families of deceased workers
Most people who work a full-time job do so to support themselves and their loved ones. People dedicate a significant amount of their lives to their occupations, often more than the standard 40 hours a week. People become so accustomed to their daily work routine that they can get complacent…
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