Traumatic brain injury, also called TBI, is the medical term for a specific type of head injury caused by a sudden event. Many types of occurrences can cause a traumatic brain injury. Some TBI accidents result in workers’ compensation and personal injury claims. Recovering compensation...
Highway construction activities peak every year in the summer months, and 2020 is no exception. Everywhere a work zone exists, the risk of an accident increases. Motorists, passengers, and highway workers suffer numerous injuries from summer work zone car accidents. But drivers can take steps...
Whether you call it teleworking, telecommuting, working from home / WFH (a digital communications acronym that gained popularity during Covid-19), mobile work, or remote work, the new normal for about a third of Americans involves working at home. That unfamiliar reality raises work and personal...
If you have a pending personal injury claim, your social media posts (and those of your family and friends) can negatively affect your case. In Virginia, a single post can even prevent you from recovering anything at all. Using privacy settings is not a surefire...
Earlier this year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics analyzed workplace fatalities of workers age 55 and older and found that while the overall number of fatalities declined from 1992 to 2017, the number of work-related deaths for older workers increased. Older farmers, in particular,...
Whether you are an employer or employee, the prospect of contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19) at work leaves many wondering whether this situation can result in a compensable Virginia workers’ compensation claim. At present, there is no definitive answer and it appears that COVID-19 claims will...
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