Shelby County, Iowa Crash Kills Two

This is another accident with all drivers and passengers having claims although some are competing with each other and their own insurance company.

Iowa work comp death claims can be paid in one check

If my husband died while working and I'm receiving workers' comp benefits can I get a lump sum? Yes, call to schedule an appt with Atty Lombardi 515-222-1110

Plant Blast At Iowa ADM - Worker Safety Issues

Injured Iowans with legal claims can learn more about their rights at the Lombardi Law Firm website or call 515-222-1110 or email: sdlombardi@aol.com.

City lawn worker suffers serious injury in rollover lawnmower accident

Lawn care workers are at risk of serious injury or death from rollover accidents. Sloped grades with wet grass are a risk particular to this profession. The rollover protection or ROP is designed to save your life, but only if you wear the seatbelt. Even if you don’t wear the belt or if the mower is not equipped with a ROP, you’re still covered under Iowa’s workers’ compensation benefit insurance.

Construction Site Deaths Bring Life-time Benefits to the Widow or Widower

The cause of the worker’s injury is described as getting hit in the head by a brace supporting a concrete cast. Construction site work is dangerous work. Hard hats, steel toed boots, safety harnesses and your head on a swivel are all required. During the summer between my first and second year of law school I worked construction as a carpenter on a concrete construction crew erecting grain drying storage facilities in central and then northeast Iowa. Hard work, but very rewarding; paid enough to keep me in beer and hotdogs for the summer. I have some idea of what they may be referring to. But did he hit the brace or did the brace strike his head? That’s the first question. Why, is the next question? And the third is what if anything went wrong that allowed this accident to kill a man? Answer those questions and you’re on your way to understanding if there is a third-party case. The workers’ compensation case seems pretty straightforward.

If my husband is murdered at work can I collect Iowa workers' compensation?

The recent murder in the men’s restroom at an I-80 rest area had me considering the possibilities for spouses of murder victims. There are several and one in particular is a workers’ compensation claim under Iowa law. The man murdered was there to maintain the restrooms. He was doing his job and minding his own business. Allegedly a man was in the men’s restroom smoking and the victim told him he couldn’t smoke in the restroom. Allegedly the man didn’t like being told what to do and it’s reported he came back and shot the worker. Do people think anymore? Does anyone know what shame is anymore? I have to wonder if the concept of shame is like a relic buried somewhere in our past. That aside let’s focus on the widow’s rights under Chapter 85.

Does In Vitro Fertilization Make Social Security Benefits The Simplest Investment

Most everyone fears Osama Bin Laden, but in my view the more destructive Americans are the ones that line up asking for a participation trophy. They are the ones asking for something just for showing up. Previously I wrote about a social security case involving an application for death benefits for a child who was conceived by artificial insemination after the father had passed. Read about how this reported decision makes IVF simply an investment decision.

Clear Lake company issued a fine for the death of a worker who fell into an open hopper

IOSH, or OSHA as it's most commonly called fined a Clear Lake company $357,000 for an accident that killed an employee. The Des Moines Register article indicates this is the second time an open hopper unprotected by guardrails has been the issue of a citation.  The worker that died is 35, Simon Trinidad. He's entitled to receive at the very least workers' compensation death benefits. If he was married or had dependents they too are entitled to benefits.

"The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Bureau said employees were exposed to the 12-foot deep, open hopper that was unprotected by guardrails. The company was cited in 2006 for the same violation."