Florida workers’ compensation attorneys Farah & Farah, P.A., are pleased to announce the creation of Florida-WorkersComp.com—a free online resource dedicated to news that matters to workers who have been injured while on the job.
Workers’ compensation is meant to help workers who are unable to make a living due to injuries suffered at work. Unfortunately, the system often works against employees and favors the big insurance companies and employers who try to dodge their legal responsibilities. In this environment, people hurt on the job may feel alone. Florida-WorkersComp.com will remind those injured on the job that they are not alone in their fight for justice. Other hardworking people have fought for their rights and won.
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By Eddie Farah on October 25, 2008
The Florida Supreme Court ruled this week that a lawyer representing an injured worker is entitled to “reasonable” fees.
Ever since a controversial 2003 reform of the state’s workers’ compensation law, lawyer’s fees have been capped. That means most lawyers understandably shy away from workers’ comp cases. We at Farah and Farah do not.
The state Supreme Court ruled 5-0 in the case of Emma Murray vs. Mariner Health Care.
Murray, a nurse in her late 50s, was injured hoisting a patient in a nursing home. Her employer’s insurance carrier denied her claim. They said her condition was pre-existing.
Murray didn’t get rich here. Her Port Charlotte lawyer won $3,244 in back wages and medical costs and Mariner Health had to pay her court costs which amounted to $648 for 80 hours of work. That is about $8 an hour. Read the rest »
By Eddie Farah on June 18, 2008
Last December 19th, a chemical plant on the Northside of Jacksonville exploded killing four people inside and leveling the facility.
The ground shook and that brought out every area haz-mat team in response to the “hellish inferno” which sent pieces of the plant as far as a quarter mile away. Smoke and flames could be seen for miles.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA, has issued its findings on the T2 Laboratory inferno and also announced the federal violations, citations and penalties that will be issued.
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