On behalf of Butler Viadro, LLP | Aug 26, 2015 | Workers' Compensation
Workers’ compensation carriers in California routinely deny necessary treatment to injured workers to avoid paying on claims. However, this shortsightedness often leads to greater payments and higher costs for the system. The following is an actual example from...
On behalf of Butler Viadro, LLP | Aug 18, 2015 | Workplace Accidents
Bumble Bee Foods has just agreed to a $6 million settlement in the death of a worker at its Sante Fe Springs plant to resolve a criminal prosecution of the company. The worker – Jose Melena – was loading tuna into the industrial ovens when he got...
On behalf of Butler Viadro, LLP | Aug 12, 2015 | Personal Injury
My father was an attorney. As a child, I noticed that he represented people when they were injured. Many of the early cases he worked on involved a drug called Thalidomide. This was a drug which was given to pregnant women to prevent or reduce morning sickness....
On behalf of Butler Viadro, LLP | Aug 5, 2015 | Construction Accidents
The Associated Press reports that earlier this month a grocery employee in San Luis Obispo is lucky to be alive and/or without serious injuries after his shirt got caught in a running meat grinder. The workplace accident occurred after the man was trying to dislodge a...
