In the summer of 2010, three teenage workers were hired to help sift out chunks of wet corn in a grain silo in Illinois. Our Boston workers’ compensation lawyers understand that all three were buried alive. Only one survived – and even then, only by inches after a bucket that…
Often when our Boston workers’ compensation lawyers are discussing job-related accidents or illnesses, we’re talking about high-hazard fields. These would be things like construction, road repair or firefighting – some line of work in which hazards are prevalent and injuries are common. But a recent case out of Burlington illustrates…
U.S. Cosmetics Corp. is in the business of beauty and making others look good. It’s too bad they failed to come up smelling roses in a recent inspection by officials with the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration. Our Boston workers’ compensation lawyers understand the firm was slapped with more…
Late last month, police in Needham, about a half hour west of Boston, reported numerous power lines were taken down by a tree company that had been working to trim nearby branches. Our Boston workers’ compensation lawyers know that as spring approaches, this kind of work will be increasingly in…
Our Boston workers’ compensation attorneys know that one of the reasons some workers may hesitate to file a claim is that they figure an injury stemming from a pre-existing condition essentially makes them ineligible for benefits. This is not true. Of course, you can’t get workers’ comp for a totally-unrelated…
In a recent St. Patrick’s Day celebration, throngs of thousands of party-goers, decked in green and thoroughly intoxicated, lobbed bottles, cans and even snowballs at police officers who tried to disperse the disruptive crowds in North Amherst in western Massachusetts. Meanwhile, EMS crews, paramedics and emergency room staff were coping…
Officials with the Department of Public Works (DPW) were recently honored for doing what they were trained to do — and for helping to save the life of one of their fellow workers. According to Metro West Daily News, crews help to save this worker’s life after a power saw…
Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office went hard after a company it claims committed numerous instances of Massachusetts workers’ compensation fraud. Our Boston workers’ compensation attorneys are encouraged that such action was taken against those who break the law at the expense of their employees – just to save a few…
Strikes are a fact of life within the United States labor industry and are a bargaining tool often used by unions when an employer and union cannot agree on the terms and conditions of employment. Unfortunately, while strikes may be used to secure benefits for one group of workers, they…
The United States job market, and the job market in Boston, remains decidedly an employer’s market. Wages are largely stagnant, unemployment levels remain high and workers are competing for jobs with some anxiety as the long-term unemployed face the end of their benefits and new graduates continue to flood the…