While cuts, falls and strains make up a large portion of workers compensation claims among restaurants, injuries from a worker’s extremities being crushed, and injuries related to mental stress and fainting are on the rise post-2020, according to an analysis published Wednesday by AmTrust Financial Services Inc. In studying injuries post-pandemic, comparing 2021 with 2019 as a baseline, AmTrust found…
Sixty percent of so-called cumulative trauma workers compensation claims involve injuries that progress over time and are indemnity-only, thus involving no medical component, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. Overall, 77% of indemnity cumulative trauma claims involving more than $1,000 in expenses attributed to settling and defending claims, while only 53%…
A former Athletico patient claims he was prescribed an improper physical therapy program, which caused him to sustain serious injuries. Plaintiff Jason Jackson filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against Athletico, LTD and its employee Sarah Schroeder, citing negligence. According to the lawsuit, Schroeder was employed by Athletico as a physical therapist. On Oct. 12, 2020, Jackson…
A former employee of Brandsafway claims he was wrongfully terminated for seeking worker’s compensation benefits after he was injured on the job. Plaintiff Fred Skelton filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against defendant Brandsafway, LLC formerly known as Safway Services, LLC, citing retaliatory discharge in violation of the Illinois Worker’s Compensation Act. According to the lawsuit, Skelton…
Acute labor shortages across the construction industry are hitting everything from quality control to worker safety, keeping busy risk engineers and others involved with construction risk management. The labor crunch can lead to work being done by less qualified or inadequately trained workers, causing mistakes that require expensive rework, often at the expense of the contractor. In other cases, there…
Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators again cited a Schaumburg, Illinois-based excavating contractor for failure to follow federally mandated safety measures to protect workers from potentially deadly trench cave-ins. Trench collapses are among the construction industry’s most lethal hazards and a recent focus of OSHA. OSHA reported that an inspector in June observed two employees of A. Lamp Concrete Contractors…
A contractor awarded $5.2 million in damages in a personal injury settlement lost most of it after the Court of Appeals of Indiana found the use of “you” and “your” in the insurance policy did not entitle the contractor to indemnification. Harsco Corporation was hired by Pennsylvania utility company PPL Montour Co. LLC to install and maintain an elevator at…
A railroad employee claims he was exposed to toxic chemicals on the job, causing him to develop colon cancer. Plaintiff Lewis Hill filed a lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against Norfolk Southern Railway Company, citing negligence. According to the lawsuit, Hill was employed by Norfolk Southern Railway Company as a switchman and worked for the company from 1967…
A Worden woman claims she was injured during an unprovoked attack by dogs in her neighborhood. Plaintiff Janice L. Daube filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against defendants Sean and Erin Underhill, citing negligence in violation of the state’s Animal Control Act. According to the lawsuit, Daube was walking in her neighborhood on Oct. 13, 2020, when…
A Swansea woman is suing Norseman Trucking, alleging one of its employees caused a rear-end collision on Interstate 64. Plaintiff Rachel Tribout filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Norseman Trucking, Inc and one of its employees Ricky Allen Jindra, citing negligence. According to the lawsuit, on Jan. 15, Tribout was traveling…
