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Personal Injury

St. Clair County jury awards motorist $29K following Fairview Heights collision

St. Clair County jurors awarded a motorist $29,137 in a suit involving a Fairview Heights collision. The jury reached a verdict in favor of plaintiff Sharonna Howell on March 10 in St. Clair County Associate Judge Kevin Hoerner’s courtroom. Howell was awarded $8,043 for past medical bills, $1,094 for lost wages, $10,000 for pain and suffering and $10,000 for loss…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 24, 2020
Workers' Compensation

Illinois Manufacturer Fined $258K for Exposing Employees to Machine Hazards

An Arcola, Illinois-based manufacturer faces over $258,000 in penalties and numerous citations for violations of federal machine safety standards, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported. Monahan Filaments LLC was cited after an employee suffered severe injuries. The manufacturer of synthetic filaments for brushes and brooms faces $258, 271 in penalties, and was placed in…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 24, 2020
Workers' Compensation

Health care associations fear lack of protection from virus

A nationwide shortage of N95 masks and newly relaxed standards for personal protective equipment have workers on the front lines treating coronavirus patients and medical associations both praising efforts to ramp up production and protesting federal guidance over fears that it places them at greater risk of contracting the virus. “We just do not have the quantity (of N95 masks)…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 23, 2020
Personal Injury

Supreme Court hears arguments in stoplight crash suit against IPL

Indiana Supreme Court justices heard oral argument Thursday on the question of whether a utility may face liability for people injured in a traffic crash in which a malfunctioning stoplight played a role. Justices heard Kenyon Tyus, Jr., et al. v. Indianapolis Power & Light Co., et al., 18A-CT-00828, considering first whether to grant transfer in the case. A unanimous…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 23, 2020
Workers' Compensation

Hospital costs, in-patient stays continue to decline in comp

Hospital costs in workers compensation continue to decrease, likely due to fewer surgeries, changes in reimbursement and a shift from hospital in-patient care to outpatient care, according to research presented Friday at the Workers Compensation Research Institute’s 36th Annual Issue and Research Conference. “There’s a fairly steady shifting from in-patient care to outpatient care,” said Carol Telles, senior analyst at…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 17, 2020
Workers' Compensation

OSHA reminds employers COVID-19 is a recordable illness

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released on Monday guidance to help employers prepare their workplaces for an outbreak of COVID-19 — along with a reminder that any incidents of employees contracting the novel coronavirus at work are recordable illnesses, subject to the same rules and failure-to-record fines as other workplace injuries and illnesses. While OSHA specifically exempts employers from…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 16, 2020
Workers' Compensation

Lawmakers introduce bills in response to COVID-19

State and federal lawmakers hoping to stay ahead of COVID-19 are introducing legislation to address infectious disease measures, emergency funding and unemployment and sick leave pay. On Monday, Rep. Robert Scott, D-Va., introduced H.B. 6139 in the U.S. House of Representatives, which calls on the Secretary of Labor to issue an emergency temporary standard requiring certain employers to develop and…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 16, 2020

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