December, 2013 | Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A.

Explosions and workplace safety: train fire’s vivid reminder

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 31, 2013 | Industrial Workers' Injuries

Workplace injuries and illnesses take many forms. Many of them, such as repetitive stress injuries, as insidious. They build over a long period of time, getting chronically worse and worse.On the other side of the spectrum, of course, are fires, explosions and other...

A famous case of chronic back pain: JFK, part 2

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 24, 2013 | Workplace Injuries

In the first part of this post, we introduced the high-profile case of John F. Kennedy to discuss the broader theme of how chronic back pain can greatly impact someone’s daily life.As we noted, Kennedy’s public image as a vibrant young president was utterly at odds...

A famous case of chronic back pain: JFK, part 1

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 20, 2013 | Workplace Injuries

One of the important threads we're following in this blog is chronic back pain.Millions of people across the country and around the world face this type of pain. And sometimes the pain arises in contexts where workers' compensation or Social Security disability issues...

Forklift injuries: frequent and sometimes fatal

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 16, 2013 | Workplace Accidents

It's been a couple of months since we last wrote about forklift injuries.In our October 4 post, we wrote about a fatal accident in which a forklift driver collided with a truck driver who was picking up a load at an industrial plant.Unfortunately, such accidents are...

Disparity in pediatric care delivery: research raises concerns

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 13, 2013 | Medical Malpractice

Our main focus in this blog is workers’ compensation. But beginning with this post, we will also periodically post about medical malpractice issues.To be sure, we have already included discussions in previous posts of medical matters relating to workers’ compensation....

Carpenter killed in accident on slippery construction site

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 4, 2013 | Construction Workers' Accidents

It's been a little over a month since we last wrote about construction accidents. In our November 1 post, we took note of evidence that immigrant workers tend to be affected at disproportionate rates by fatal workplace accidents.Though the evidence was from the New...

Brain injuries and football: more awareness could be game-changer

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 2, 2013 | Workers' Compensation

For years, baseball was often called America's pass-time. More recently, however, football has become known as America's passion. Baltimore Ravens' fans experienced this to the hilt when the team won the Super Bowl last season.We have certainly not ignored America's...