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Legal News Articles - Workers CompensationCar Wash Workers Reach Settlement in California Labor Law Case January 16, 2012. By Charles Benson.Sacramento, CA: Employees at car washes in suburban Sacramento and other cities in the Golden State will share in a $1 million settlement over California labor law violations, according to The Sacramento Bee.
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Union Carbide Wants Asbestosis Compensation Award Thrown Out May 30, 2011. By Charles Benson.Jackson, MS: Union Carbide is seeking to have a $322 million asbestosis compensation verdict thrown out after the judge in the case allegedly failed to disclose the fact that his father had previously filed asbestos claims.
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Mississippi Man Awarded Record Asbestos Compensation May 14, 2011. By Charles Benson.Jackson, MS: A jury recently awarded $322 million in asbestos compensation to a Mississippi man who sued Chevron Phillips Chemical and Union Carbide Corp. after he allegedly inhaled asbestos fibers while he mixed drilling mud.
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Texas Woman Seeks Asbestos Compensation from 17 Companies April 16, 2011. By Charles Benson.Jefferson County, TX: A Texas woman is blaming 17 companies for a man's asbestos death after he allegedly worked around asbestos-containing products manufactured by the firms, the Southeast Texas Record reports.
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Asbestos Lawsuit Filed against Kansas City Southern Railway Company March 6, 2011. By Charles Benson.Jefferson County, TX: The son of a man who reportedly died of lung cancer last June has filed an asbestos lawsuit against his father's former employer, claiming the employer was responsible for exposing him to the dangerous mineral, the Southeast Texas Record reports.
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California Court Rules in Favor of Employees in Overtime Pay Lawsuits February 25, 2011. By Charles Benson.Los Angeles, CA: A California appeals court recently ruled in favor of employees who were denied lunch breaks in overtime pay lawsuits filed by workers for United Parcel Service, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Texas Gas and Oil Fields No Place for Kids January 25, 2011. By Gordon Gibb.New London, TX: Who could tell what may have caused the explosion in a Texas oil field in April of last year. Oil and Gas can be a dangerous combination at the best of times. But it seemed pretty innocent enough to be sitting on an oil field tank battery on a crisp spring day with a companion, until a sudden explosion propelled 24-year-old Joseph Crisp into the air and 180 feet into a wooded area.
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VA Begins Payment of Disability Benefits for New Agent Orange Diseases November 11, 2010. By Charles Benson.Washington, D.C.: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun paying veterans disability benefits to people who fought in the Vietnam War and suffer from three diseases only recently linked to exposure to Agent Orange, according to a department press release.
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Falling Through the VA Benefits Cracks: "I've Been Abandoned" October 12, 2010. By Gordon Gibb.Bonne Terre, MO: A disabled Iraq vet from the Army reserve who receives VA benefits and would be in line for additional funds that he desperately needs has been denied. Why? Because five years after he became permanently disabled, Army Reserve Spc. Michael Pyatt has yet to see his name taken off the active duty roster. Until that happens, he cannot receive his retirement benefits from the service.
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Veteran's PTSD Rates Reportedly Higher in Current Iraq Conflict May 30, 2010. By Gordon Gibb.Washington, DC: The horrors of armed conflict coupled with combat stress and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), creates for the veteran a war that continues in their head long after they arrive home to safe harbor. Veteran's disabilityall too often extends beyond obvious physical trauma, such as flesh wounds or lost limbs. Veterans PTSD is a huge and growing problem.
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