Our client was bitten by a dog on the calf while working his delivery route for UPS. He was able to make a worker’s compensation claim as well as recover a five figure settlement from the dog owner’s homeowner’s insurance policy.
Our client was three years old when a daycare worker flipped a table over in his classroom at daycare, with him underneath it. The table landed on his hand, breaking the pinky, and leading him to need surgery to repair the damage. We made a series of settlement demands very quickly upon taking the case.…
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What is Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage? This coverage, often referred to as UIM/UM is a type of insurance that has to be offered with any liability policy you purchase. In Alabama, you must sign a disclaimer that you DO NOT want the coverage in order to not have it. Spoiler: You should ALWAYS have UM/UIM and…
A California appeals court recently held that Amazon is liable for defective products sold on its website. The California Fourth District Court of Appeals found that Amazon could be sued for injuries caused by defective products sold by 3rd parties on its website. The Plaintiff, Angela Bolger, was injured when a laptop battery purchased from…
Most employees are entitled to be paid overtime for any hours worked over 40 in one week (and no, your employer can’t average two or more weeks together). Unless you work for a tiny and purely local employer, or fall within a specific exemption, your employer is legally required to pay you time and a…
Federal and state laws require most employers to pay overtime. The overtime premium is 50% of the employee’s usual hourly wage. This means an employee who works overtime must be paid “time and a half” — the employee’s usual hourly wage plus the 50% overtime premium — for every overtime hour worked. These laws contain…
A recent article in Newsweek discussed the continuing pay gap between men and women, and suggested some reasons why women still make less than their male colleagues. Another recent story discussed how female doctors are paid less than male doctors. I’m not going to argue here whether or not the pay gap is real. Instead,…
Michelle Edwards says she called in one hour late to work, telling her boss she needed to care for her mother, recovering from surgery. But the boss’ response was that she was already fired for “no call, no show,” according to the lawsuit Edwards filed against her employer, Advanced Temporaries Inc. Which raises the question:…