Barry Lerner spoke at the Annual Longshore Conference in New Orleans this week. He is specifically speaking on “Significant Judicial Decisions Impacting Claims Under the Act.” That is the US Longshore and Harborworkers’ Compensation Act and by extension the Defense Base Act. If you would like to know more about the act please download the full document here.
This past weekend, our law firm, Barnett, Lerner, Karsen & Frankel, P.A., sponsored participation for the founder of the firm, David Barnett, in the 7th annual Dolphins Cancer Challenge. The event included five bike routes through South Florida and a 5K run/walk that raised over $4.5 million dollars for cancer research. David Barnett, who was proud to do his part, …
A confluence of factors, including a rise in distracted driving incidents, caused pedestrian fatalities to increase 10% in the first two quarters of 2015. Is the sudden rise a one-off spike or the beginning of a new trend? The report by the Governors Highway Safety Association also opined that unusually mild weather, relatively low gas prices, and an improving economy …
Workers’ compensation is designed to provide lost wages and medical care as benefits that get victims back to work and back to life after suffering an injury in the workplace. To that extent, injured victims receive money for both rehabilitative therapy and vocational therapy. The former is designed to restore mobility and everyday functions, while the latter helps injured workers …
A confluence of factors, including a rise in distracted driving incidents, caused pedestrian fatalities to increase 10% in the first two quarters of 2015. Is the sudden rise a one-off spike or the beginning of a new trend? The report by the Governors Highway Safety Association also opined that unusually mild weather, relatively low gas prices, and an improving economy …
Living and working in a foreign country is an amazing adventure for many people, but before you board the plane, there are a few things to know. Many people do not even have to change employers to work overseas because such assignments are already available. In other situations, transitioning to another U.S.-based employer is a better option; in rare instances, …
Victims and practitioners have long known and understood that the scars of war do not heal until long after the conflict has passed. Now, researchers are getting a better idea of just how long it takes. The good news for Iraq veterans is that the injury survival rate is around 90%, meaning that many wounds that would have been fatal …
Under Florida’s workers’ compensation law, injured workers have access to no-fault insurance benefits that compensate them for their economic losses, such as medical bills and lost wages. However, “no-fault” does not mean the process is easy. The insurance company has attorneys whose sole mission is to reduce the amount of benefits that injured workers receive, or even deny these benefits …
Primarily because of the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in April that overturned a key component in the law, questions abound about workers’ compensation in Florida. But even with these changes, many parts of the system remain substantially the same. State workers’ compensation laws, like the one in Florida, go back about 100 years to a time when industrialization was changing …
There are several reasons why serious burns are among the most common catastrophic injuries in truck crash cases. Most 18-wheelers carry about 300 gallons of fuel, and fully-loaded tanker trucks may carry as much as 9,000 gallons. The sheer volume is one reason why many large truck crashes involve large fireballs. But that is only part of the story. In …
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The Department of Defense quietly upped the ante in Syria with a $10 million no-bid contract that sends an unspecified number of private-sector intelligence operatives to the war-torn country. In July 2016, the government announced that Six3 Intelligence Solutions, which is now a subsidiary of CACI International, will provide “intelligence analysis services” in Germany, Italy, and Syria. While almost nothing …
