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The short answer is “No”. Lawsuits by workers against employers are pre-empted by workers’ compensation law. A worker, unlike a customer or a visitor to a business place is barred by the “Exclusive Remedy Provision” of workers’ compensation. That means workers’...
Shoulder injuries, through either a single traumatic event at work or due to an employee’s work duties over time, are common work injuries in Wisconsin. In addition to medical bills and lost wages, injured workers can pursue permanent partial disability benefits,...
As Milwaukee electricians know, working safely with electricity requires caution. Electricity is everywhere in workplaces—lighting offices, powering machines in manufacturing and giving life to construction tools. Far too often, however, working with electricity on...
More and more people are having knee replacements. After all, most of our body parts are going downhill after high school. As we age, joints deteriorate, which can result in pain, stiffness, cracking...and the need for medical care. In many situations, a worker's...
One of the parts of your body that is most vulnerable to serious injuries at work is your neck. Because your neck connects your brain to your torso and limbs, it serves as a type of bodily highway that contains vital bones and nerves--rather important! Common neck...
Domer Law está aquí para ayudar a los clientes que hablan español. Si usted ha sido lesionado en el trabajo, probablemente esté preocupado por una serie de cosas diferentes. Por ejemplo: cuando puedas volver al trabajo cómo puedes pagar sus facturas cuando no estás...
Patients can rely on their healthcare providers for assistance in a wide variety of different situations. However, when transferring those patients between beds, wheelchairs and other positions, nurses and nursing assistants may risk injuring themselves in the...
Worker misclassification is a scheme that enables employers to avoid paying taxes that fund essential employee safety-net programs such as Social Security, Medicare and unemployment. Misclassification also enables them to avoid payments that fund workers’ compensation...
Regular readers of our Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation Law Blog know that American workplaces can be dangerous. A new report from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) should make the dangers clear to everyone. According to the BLS, workplace deaths...
Workers are exposed to many job-related hazards that can lead to catastrophic injuries. Severe burns are among the harshest, potentially leading to lifelong pain, disfigurement and the inability to ever work again. It takes a lengthy amount of time to recover from...
