Category Archives: Workers Compensation

Mississippi Workplace Injury Attorneys Discuss Woodchipper Accidents

Personal injury lawyer John Giddens

A Mississippi man recently died in a woodchipper accident while he was at work. The man was trying to clear a jam in the machine, and the machine began to move while he was doing so. Last year, a North Carolina teen died in a woodchipper accident during his first day at work. Woodchippers are […]

Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Laws

Mississippi Worker's Compensation Laws

Mississippi Workplace Injury Attorneys Discuss the Fight Over Worker’s Compensation Laws Did you know that companies are trying to undermine worker’s compensation laws across America? There is a national campaign taking place that calls for a rewrite of state workers’ compensation laws. The revised laws could contain provisions that would allow businesses to decide how […]

What Happens at an Independent Medical Examination?

Courts permit independent medical examinations of plaintiffs in certain lawsuits. An independent medical examination, or IME, is a tool for the defense to use against a plaintiff to determine if the plaintiff has reached a full recovery or reached a medical result for treatment. Attorneys defending insurance companies commonly use IMEs to show that the […]