Authorities Investigating Oklahoma Rig Explosion, Deadliest U.S. Drilling Accident In Years
Federal and state authorities are investigating the cause of the deadly explosion and fire at a natural gas drilling rig in southeastern Oklahoma on Monday. Five workers died in what appears to be one of the country’s deadliest onshore drilling accidents. The well site, located near the town of Quinton, 100 miles south of Tulsa, was…
Read MoreHow to Find an Attorney to Handle Semi Truck Accidents
Getting into a semi truck accident exposes you to civil, legal, and financial risks that come with dealing with the party at fault or the party that you injured. One of the first steps you should take when involved in this kind of predicament is finding a semi truck accident lawyer to help you with all the legal responsibilities…
Read MoreHiring a Personal Injury Attorney For Your Case Involving Defective Products
Are you suffering from a personal injury caused by using a defective product? It’s important to know that you have legal recourse. By working with a defective products attorney, you may be able to recover damages for your injuries. The expertise of a lawyer that focuses on defective product injury is an essential resource if you want to recover…
Read MoreInside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs – Bloomberg
Author: Peter Waldman, BloombergBusinessweek (USA), Published on 27 March 2017 Regina Elsea was a year old in 1997 when the first vehicle rolled off the Mercedes-Benz assembly line near Tuscaloosa. That gleaming M-Class SUV was historic. Alabama, the nation’s fifth-poorest state, had wagered a quarter-billion dollars in tax breaks and other public giveaways to land the…
Read MoreWhy it is important to hire a Construction Site Accident Attorney?
If you’ve been the tragic victim of an accident at a construction site, you surely don’t deserve to bear the additional pain that could come from navigating the swampy waters of legal compensation. Most construction site accidents occur due to the negligence of some individual or company. Often workers are laboring under dangerous working conditions,…
Read MoreHow to Handle a Car Accident?
Accidents can happen to anyone. You could be the best driver in your area and still have a run-in with someone driving unsafely who causes you harm. What’s important is to be prepared to make the right choices rather than beating your head over how you could have changed the outcome.With the number of vehicles…
Read MoreBicycle Safety Features
In a previous article, we talked about avoiding bicycle accidents and cycling safety. Here we share some safety features and notes for those of you who like to ride bicycles! At Burton Law, safety for the community is always on our mind. Let’s talk about the wheels. The wheels of a bike play a very important…
Read MoreUninsured Motorist Coverage – Everyone Should Have It
Being in an auto accident can be an unfortunate, unpleasant circumstance… or, a horrible, extremely painful occurrence. On top of dealing with pain and injuries, not to mention damage to your vehicle, you may also have to deal with another highly unfortunate and difficult situation…and that is, dealing with an uninsured motorist. This can mean that…
Read MoreInside Corporate America’s Campaign to Ditch Workers Comp
One Texas lawyer is helping companies opt out of workers compensation and write their own rules. What does it mean for injured workers? by Michael Grabell, ProPublica, and Howard Berkes, NPR October 14, 2015 STANDING BEFORE A GIANT MAP in his Dallas office, Bill Minick doesn’t seem like anyone’s idea of a bomb thrower. But backed by some…
Read MoreSOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE, Part 1
If you or a loved one was injured on the job and now unable to work, you most likely have a disability claim. Workers compensation allows for disability coverage. In some cases, mainly when a worker has been with a company for a long time, and their disability is indeed permanent, they would most likely apply…
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