By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published January 26, 2022 | Posted in Uncategorized, Workers Compensation | Tagged Tags: construction worker, workers compensation |
Construction Workers and Job Injuries The Country is currently experiencing a construction boom. Drive down the road or interstate and the evidence of the boom is easy to see. There seems to be more work than workers available in construction, and this generally leads to longer hours and more work injuries. Even before the recent Read More
Read MoreHurt at Work: Nurses, CNAs, Therapist, EMTs, Healthcare Workers The last two years have been chaotic for us all, but for Healthcare Workers (Nurses, CNAs, Certified Nursing Assistants, EMTs, Emergency Medical Technicians, Therapists, etc.) unbelievably so. During this time society has rightly recognized healthcare workers as the heroes they have always been, but they have Read More
Read MoreSuffered a Work Injury? Don’t Give Up Have you suffered a work injury in Alabama and feel as though the deck is stacked against you? Are you struggling to receive the medical attention you need and feel as though no one is listening to your concerns? DON’T GIVE UP; that is exactly what the workers Read More
Read MoreJob Injury Wal-Mart Job Injury Wal-Mart: Have you or someone you care about been hurt at work while working for Wal-Mart in one of their locations in Alabama? If so, and your injury was not the result of you goofing off or being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, then you have a valid Read More
Read MoreHuntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers Huntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers: Reached MMI Now What? What are My Rights? You have been told by your treating physician that, in his opinion, you have reached maximum medical improvement–now what? The first thing you should know is that your right to temporary total disability (ttd) benefits or temporary partial disability Read More
Read MoreHuntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers Huntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers: What does MMI mean: What are My Rights? One question we are often asked is what exactly does maximum medical improvement (MMI) mean? The way I generally explain it is that “maximum medical improvement” is just a fancy was of saying “you’re as good as you’re going Read More
Read MoreAccident at Work Jim Walter Mines Have you or someone you care about has suffered an accident at work while working for Jim Walter Mines? If so, and your injury was not the result of you goofing off or being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, then you have a valid Alabama Workers’ Compensation Read More
Read MoreHuntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers Huntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers: Claim denied due to a pre-existing condition. What are My Rights? If you work in Alabama and you have sustained a workers compensation injury, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits; however one of the main reasons workers’ compensation insurance carriers deny benefits is because they Read More
Read MoreHuntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers Huntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers: What if I was injured while in the Parking Lot? What are My Rights? Not all job injuries occur in middle of the warehouse; in fact, most of them don’t. The fact that you are not in the building at the time of your job injury does Read More
Read MoreHuntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers Huntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers: Fell in the Bathroom: What are My Rights? Through the years, the attorneys at Powell and Denny have spoken to hundreds of workers who were hurt at work, and some of these workers were hurt when they slipped and fell in the restroom. Sometimes the worker seems Read More
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