As overall drug use in the American workforce increases to ten-year highs, employers are looking to drug testing with greater frequency. Opioid use and the opioid epidemic is one of the employer concerns that leads to more employer drug testing. Sometimes, employers...
One estimate suggests that by 2020, 43 percent of the American workforce will consist of independent contractors. Sometimes, workers suffer injuries only to find that they do not have coverage under the state’s workers compensation system. Coverage often hinges on...
Remember the 90’s after the world discovered that asbestos was actually horribly dangerous to those who were around it? That decade was the herald of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related illness lawsuits and they went on well into the mid-2000’s. However, it has...
A Lumbar fusion is the surgical joining of two vertebrae in the lumbar spine, or lower back. The fusion of these vertebrae permanently stops movement between the vertebrae to help decrease pain and provide stability in the region. There are a number of different spine...
Worker’s compensation is kind of a wonderful thing, isn’t it? If you get hurt at work and find that you can no longer perform your job for a short time, or even forever, workers’ compensation is there so you aren’t left with nothing. Well, it is a wonderful idea in...
When it comes to toxic exposure and worker’s compensation, getting compensation can be tricky due to the nature of the injury. When toxic exposure happens all at once and causes significant bodily damage, collecting worker’s compensation is rather straight forward....
If you have a work injury, then you might find yourself unable to work the same schedule you had before, or perhaps, not able to work at all. However, you likely depend on that income, and now that the weekly paychecks are rolling in, paying the bills are suddenly...
One of the hardest types of injuries to diagnose is a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In fact, a TBI is often referred to as the “invisible injury.” Consider that each brain is unique and no single brain remains the same over time, making it the most complex organ in...
A popular question is whether injured workers can receive both Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) disability benefits and workers’ compensation benefits simultaneously. In most cases, the answer is yes. Many Minnesota first responders, police officers,...
There are a number of types of calls that personal injury attorneys receive on a regular basis. Some of the most common questions they hear involve debt collectors and whether or not their methods are legal. The call may go something like this: “My husband was injured...