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Can You Be Fired for Filing a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
Workers’ compensation provides no-fault insurance benefits to employees who suffer injuries or illnesses as a result of job-related incidents. Under the workers’ compensation system, employees or their dependents are entitled to medical treatment as well as compensation for lost wages arising from a work-related injury, illness, or death.workmans comp az Workers are covered for injuries…
Association’s Response to COVID-19
Message From The President “Where Trial Lawyers Come Together” has been used as a way to describe our organization. Those words are especially important as our members and clients go through these difficult and uncertain times. The leadership of this organization is al committed to doing the best we can for our members. As you…
Forced to Resign After Workplace Injury?
They happen even when best efforts are made by employers to provide a safe workplace and workers are performing their job in a safe manner. When a worker gets injured on the job, there are new pressures on both the employer and the worker. The employer has to find a way to get the work…
COVID-19 May Affect Arizona Workers’ Compensation For Essential Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the lives of all Americans, and the state of Arizona has been hit particularly hard. Under Doug Ducey state reopening, Arizona has seen an alarming increase of COVID -19 cases. If you are one of those essential workers and are infected on the job or have…
Rear-End Motorcycle Accidents Have Fatal Consequences
Motorcyclists normally suffer serious injury and grievous wounds from accidents with a passenger or commercial vehicle, but rear-end collisions could kill the biker as he or she flies off the motorcycle. The devastating effects could cause life-altering injuries and extensive property damage for the driver of a motorcycle. When a person driving a motorcycle is…
How to Recover from a Pedestrian Accident in Arizona
The weather in Phoenix, Arizona is some of the most consistently beautiful in the nation, and this results in a high level of outdoor activity involving pedestrians, skateboarders and those out and about. Unfortunately, statistically speaking Orange County also accounts for a high percentage of pedestrian accidents nationwide. Beach communities such as Phoenix and Tucson…
Boating Accidents, Who’s Liable?
Accidents in the water may lead to litigation if the person survives after sustaining an injury on a small vessel, and then it is vital to understand who the liable party is for the damages incurred during the incident. These situations may require a thorough investigation to determine the at-fault party and which person or…
Slip and Fall Injuries In Hospitals on the Rise
Slipping and falling in a hospital can occur whether you are a patient in the hospital or visiting someone who is recuperating. Just like other slip and fall accidents, those that occur in hospitals can be dangerous, leading to broken bones, neck and back injuries as well as traumatic brain injuries that require extensive treatment.…
3 Most Common Types Of Slip And Fall Accidents
A slip and fall personal injury can occur while visiting someone’s home, attending school, working on the job site, shopping in the supermarket, or walking on the sidewalk. A slip and fall caused by wet floors, icy sidewalks and parking lots, spilled grease, uneven walking surfaces, and cluttered walkways can cause serious personal injury. Slip…
Covid-19 and Telecommuting Accidents
The outbreak of the new type Coronavirus (Covid-19), which was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11.03.2020, brought about many new situations and problems in our working lives. One of these is that for the health of their employees, their technological infrastructure is also suitable for the work places to…
Coronavirus Can Survive on Surfaces for Days
A major study published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine reported the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 can survive on some surfaces for several days, and is even detectable in aerosols for several hours. This important research offers valuable insights into the lifespan of this new virus outside of a human body,…
Electric Scooter Injuries Jumped 200% In Last 4 Years
The number of electric scooter accidents has exploded since they hit’ the scene in 2016 Companies such as Bird, Lime, Lyft, Razor and Spin have placed thousands of electric scooters on city sidewalks throughout the country. Cities are scrambling to enact legislation to regulate electric scooters and provide protections to those who are injured by…
Motorcycle Collisions Don’t Always Involve Another Vehicle
As Of 2019, there were nearly Seven million motorcycles registered in the US.’ In Arizona, there were more than 150,000 motorcycles registered in 2008. In than 3.0m were injured. 2 At last count, there are more than motorcycle injured every year. If you have a general PI practice, you Will likely to represent a few…
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Has More Serious Effects
Dr. Leonard is a clinical and forensic neuropsychologist practicing in Scottsdale, AZ. She was formerly on the faculty at Harvard Medical School where she continues to serve as a Member in the Program of Psychiatry and the Law at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.brain injury phoenix This is the first of a…
How To Protect Yourself From a DUI
John D. Penner is a 1992 graduate of the Arizona State University Law School, His practice is limited to DUI, criminal defense, and plaintiffs’ serious injury litigation. He focuses on cases involving alcohol or drug toxicology and accident reconstruction. Mr. Penner has defended many clients in vehicular cases with criminal charges ranging from DUI to…
DUI’s Responsible for Majority of Wrong Way Driver Accidents
Police have identified the woman killed after crashing into a light-rail train as she was traveling on the wrong side of the road in downtown Phoenix early Sunday morning. Phoenix police said the 30-year-old woman, Tameka Talise Spence, was driving a 2014 Nissan Sentra eastbound on Washington Street — which is westbound-only — when it…
Can You Get a DUI in a Self-Driving Car?
Cars that drive itself — it’s no longer fictitious. General Motors, Waymo, and Tesla are just some companies that already have prototypes of self-driving vehicles. It’s just a matter of time before they’re brought to market. self driving dui az, autonomous car dui, telsa dui This raises the question of how it will affect DUI…
14 Year Old High-School Student Dies in Pedestrian Accident
A 14-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car near 83rd Avenue and Cactus Road in Peoria Friday morning. 14-year-old Steven Elijah Gessner was walking to school and as he entered the crosswalk on 83rd Avenue, he was struck by a minivan.Gessner was transported to the hospital with “significant injuries” but later pronounced…
Wrong Way Driver Accidents Has Become an Epidemic in Arizona
Just recently Two Tempe officers were involved in a wrong-way crash on State Route 51 in Phoenix early Monday morning on November 10th as a result of a wrong way driver. On September 30th another 4 people were injured in a wrong way accident near interstate 17. Wrong way accidents has become a crisis in…
Is It Possible to Reopen My Arizona Workers’ Compensation Claim?
Workers’ compensation claims sometimes need to go through a reopening stage after originally closed because of reoccurring injuries, worse bodily harm suffered or an industrial disease or condition that becomes even worse. With the help of a lawyer, this employee can request that the insurer reopen the claim for additional medical treatment or assistance. workers-compensation-injury…
YouTube Star’s Death Raises E-Scooters’ Safety Concerns
A YouTube star’s death on an electric scooter may renew safety concerns as scooter companies aggressively seek to expand their presence as “alternative transportation.” Emily Hartridge, a television presenter who made videos about fitness and mental health, died after her scooter was hit by a truck in London, apparently making her the first such fatality…
Parking Lots a Cesspool for Pedestrian Accidents
Drive through any busy parking lot and it is easy to see why so many crashes and so-called “fender benders” occur there. parking lot accidents phoenix In such a limited space, with so many pedestrians, not to mention confusing right-of-way rules, parking lot car accidents are inevitable. Yet they should not be taken lightly. As…
Distracted Walking Leading Cause of Pedestrian Accidents
Distracted walking occurs when someone is not paying attention to the road or traffic, has earbuds in, is texting or completely only aware of the phone or similar activities that can lead to a pedestrian causing an accident. Some states will hold this person 100 percent responsible for the accident, and he or she will…
What Are Birth Injuries And What Causes Them?
Can you imagine how many newborn babies are brought into the world each day? Across the globe, there’s an average of 360,000 births. Due to the frequency of childbirth, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that not every single birth goes as smoothly as planned. birth injuries Arizona There are a number of birth injury…
AZ Man Killed in Electric Scooter Accident
A man from Mesa, AZ died in San Diego after an accident on a motorized scooter along the beachfront last week. San Diego Police Department Lt. Shawn Takeuchi said Mesa resident Brian Witzeman was riding a motorized scooter along Ocean Front Walk on June 23 around 1:30 p.m. alongside a woman companion when they collided…
APS Suspends Customers Power Resulting in Death
Arizona Public Service announced on Thursday that it would temporarily stop cutting power to customers with unpaid bills and would review its disconnection policies, two days after Phoenix New Times raised questions about Stephanie Pullman, who died last September of heat-related causes after APS cut off her power. wrongful death phoenix Pullman owed $51 in…
16 Drownings Incidents Have Occurred In Phoenix This Year
1 drowning is too many, but according the Phoenix Fire Department, 12 people have died by drowning so far this year in Maricopa and Pinal counties. phoenix pool drownings The deaths of nine adults, one teen and two children under age 5 resulted from 35 water-related incidents through May 9, according to Children’s Safety Zone.…
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