Workplace Injuries

• Iowa Workers' Compensation - How long do I have to file a claim?

  Steve Lombardi | September 14, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Well the answer to that question depends on whether or not you're getting a weekly check from workers' compensation insurance or not. If you are you have three years from the last date when you received a check. If the claim is in dispute, and that's pretty obvious when they don't pay you right away, then you have two years from the original date of injury.And if you think the original date of...

• Iowa Workers' Compensation - Employer Has No Insurance

  Steve Lombardi | September 13, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  What do you do when your boss, your employer, hasn't got workers' compensation insurance coverage? I wish there was an easy answer, but there isn't. Iowa law allows you to sue the employer for more damages than you can get compensation for under workers compensation but that isn't always as satisfying as it might seem because as the old saying goes, "You can't get blood from a turnip." If they...

• Iowa Workers' Compensation - Waterloo Ammonia Leak

  Steve Lombardi | September 11, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  It's been reported that the leak was caused by work being performed by an outside contractor. BPI spokesman Rich Jochum blamed the leak on work being performed by an outside contractor.So please tell us what company was the outside contractor? Who was in charge of supervising the job? And where were they when the leak occurred? For more information on this ubject matter, please refer to the...

• Iowa Workers' Compensation - Weekly payments

  Steve Lombardi | September 10, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Following an injury the bills keep coming in and your kids are still hungry. So how do you pay the bills when you're not working? In Iowa you will receive a weekly compensation check. The amount is different for most employers because it is determined based upon whether you're married or single, the number of your dependents, how much you earn per hour and how much you earned for the thirteen...

• Iowa Workers' Compensation - Weekly check start date.

  Steve Lombardi | September 09, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  So when do you get your first check? Usually you'll wait four days, and then it will start. And if you're out of work for at least ten days the insurance company will make up the first few days that you weren't paid. But that's not always the case. If it's pretty certain you'll be out of work for more than ten days most insurance companies will begin paying you from the first day you're out of...

• Iowa Workers' Compensation - Mileage

  Steve Lombardi | September 08, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Did you know that if you are receiving workers' compensation benefits, according to Iowa law you are entitled to be paid mileage for going to and from medical and doctor's appointments? Well, you are so keep track of your mileage and turn it in to the insurance company. They will pay you according to the going mileage rate. The law provides for the payment of all reasonable and necessary medical...

• Iowa Workers' Compensation - BPI Leak

  Steve Lombardi | September 07, 2007 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  An injured worker has the right to seek damages for injuries suffered through the negligent acts of a independent contractor or company, that is not their employer. It's been reported the leak at the Waterloo plant is being blamed on an outside contractor. BPI spokesman Rich Jochum blamed the leak on work being performed by an outside contractor.For more information on this subject matter,...

• Iowa Workers' Compensation - What to do if you are injured.

  Steve Lombardi | September 07, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  If you're injured on the job there are certain rules you must follow or you give up the right to receive workers' compensation benefits. Follow these simple rules.1. Note how you were injured.2. Report the event and that you are injured to your supervisor.3. Seek immediate medical attention, if required.4. Make notes of the date, the time of the injury, names of any witnesses, the place...

• Ammonia Leak May Create An Independent Claim

  Steve Lombardi | September 06, 2007 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The ammonia leak in Waterloo at the Beef Products Inc. plant may actually give rise to an independent claim. Besides the workers' compensation claim there may very well be a third-party claim against the contractor whose workers were responsible to close the valve that lead to the death and serious injuries. In cases where a workers' compensation claim also gives rise to an independent cause of...

• Waterloo Ammonia Leak and Independent Claim

  Steve Lombardi | September 04, 2007 11:00 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  If a separate company from Beef Products, Inc. was working at the BPI plant and responsible to make sure to close the valve that lead to the workers being injured and one killed, then there is an independent cause of action against the offenders. That claim is separate and distinct from the workers' compensation claims. The two claims can proceed together and who get's paid what will be sorted...