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Workers' Compensation

Mental health decline poses workplace hazard: Experts

Employees who feel unsafe on the job are more likely to report symptoms of work-related depression and anxiety, and those who study worker mental health have discovered a relationship between anxiety and increased work injury rates, industry experts say. “There is more and more data coming out showing just how inextricably intertwined mental health and physical health are in the…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 8, 2024
Personal Injury

COA reverses summary judgment order in case involving IU student hit by falling window

Whether a window that fell and struck an Indiana University student in a campus building was under the control and management of the university constitutes a genuine issue of material fact, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in reversing a lower court’s decision to grant summary judgment. According to court records, Kiera Isgrig was a student at Indiana University…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 8, 2024
Personal Injury

Firefighter sues over PFAS exposure

A firefighter is suing several companies, alleging he developed cancer due to exposure to toxic chemicals. Edward Allsman filed the complaint in the Madison County Circuit Court against defendants Shell USA, Inc., Phillips 66 Company, Aton, LLC, Safety Kleen Systems, Inc., 3M Company, Tyco Fire Products, L.P., Chemguard, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., National Foam, Inc., HWRT…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 3, 2024
Workers' Compensation

Truck driver alleges wrongful termination following wrist injury

A man claims he was terminated from his employment after seeking workers compensation benefits following a wrist injury. Plaintiff Kevin B. Cook Jr. filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against Terminal Transport Inc., Transport Leasing/Contract, Inc., Payroll Plus Corporation, The Labor Source Inc. and the TLC Companies. According to the complaint, Cook experienced a pop in his…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 3, 2024
Personal Injury

Man sues medical device company over recalled hip replacement

A patient seeks compensation from a medical device manufacturer after his hip replacement device had to be removed due to a recall. Charles Thomas filed the complaint on Dec. 7 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Stryker Corporation, of Michigan. According to the complaint, Dr. Peter Anderson performed a hip replacement surgery on Thomas in 2008. Anderson implanted a…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 28, 2023
Personal Injury

Shopper sues over fall at Alton Target

A shopper claims she injured her knee when she fell on a sticky substance at the Alton Target store. Beva Walls filed the complaint on Dec. 11 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Target Corporation. According to the complaint, Walls was shopping at the Alton Target store on Dec. 11, 2021. She claims she stepped on a sticky substance…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 28, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Fatal work injuries up 5.7% in 2022

There were 5,486 fatal work injuries reported in 2022, a 5.7% increase from the prior year’s 5,190, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday, attributing the increase in part to rising workplace violence. The transportation and material moving sector reported the most fatal work injuries in 2022, at 1,620, the BLS said. The construction and extraction sector reported the…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 27, 2023
Personal Injury

Father alleges Rottweiler attacked son at Granite City home

A Granite City woman is being sued after her Rottweiler allegedly attacked a child playing in her yard. Jacob Johnson Sr., individually and as natural father and next friend of minor Jacob Johnson Jr., filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against Victoria Loving-Fisher. According to the complaint, Johnson Jr. was a guest at Loving-Fisher's Granite City home…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 20, 2023

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