Preventing warehouse injuries starts with the actions of the employer. Working in a warehouse comes with injury risks from falls, moving heavy materials, falling objects, heavy machinery, and exposure to toxic chemicals. Workplace safety should be a priority for workers.
All medical procedures, especially surgical procedures, come with certain health and injury risks. However, those risks should never be caused by a medical professional’s negligence. When this happens, injured patients can file a medical malpractice lawsuit and recover compensation for their injuries by proving causation.
You can sue for misdiagnosis of a broken bone if a medical provider failed to diagnose, and you suffered harm because of that failure. Medical providers often fail to diagnose broken bones even when patients present with obvious symptoms, such as unbearable pain, bruising, swelling, and trouble moving the limbs.
The five most dangerous medications doctors still prescribe in Chicago and across the US include acetaminophen, benzodiazepines, prescription opiates, antidepressants, and methadone.
When you wake up in the morning, the first thing on your mind is probably not, “Hey I should call my attorney.” In fact, it shouldn’t be. An effective attorney is constantly considering the client’s needs, and engages in reliable communication to meet those needs. The attentive attorney has already mapped out a series of steps that will guide the client successfully through the litigation process, up to, and if necessary, a trial. Early on in my experience, I picked up a phrase from a great mentor, who would tell his clients, “The worrying is my job, not yours.” If […]
A recent NIH study on occupational low back pain in truck drivers found that over 50% of long distance truck drivers surveyed experience debilitating lower back pain. For those familiar with the physical demands of truck driving, the study findings make sense, if not provide a conservative estimate of what some claim is an epidemic of back problems that affect long distance truck drivers at a rate of four times the national average. The human spinal column was not made for sitting long hours on the lower end of the spine. Spinal discs that are supported by water begin to […]
