Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Dealing With Back Pain After a Work-Related Accident
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, back injuries lead to more lost days of work than any other work injury or illness, accounting for 43 percent of all work-related injuries. Humans are not infallible creatures, and we are susceptible to injury after putting our bodies through even the slightest strain. Our backs are… Read More »
Florida House Passes Law to Make PTSD Compensable for First Responders
First responders, like firefighters, EMS, and police officers, are witness to a number of tragic events on an annual basis, yet, they are expected to move on and “forget about” each event as if they never happened. Or, at least they were. Beginning in October of this year, the state of Florida will officially… Read More »
What to Do if Your Child Has Been Bit or Attacked by a Neighbor’s Dog
No parent likes to see his or her child get hurt, but when harm does befall a little one, that child’s parents are forced to tell their child to “walk it off and forget about it,” mostly because that is what they themselves must do. When a child is hurt by another little kid… Read More »
Reasons Your Workers’ Compensation Claim Was Denied
You were injured on the job, filed a workers’ compensation claim, and expected to be compensated within days. After all, workers’ compensation is guaranteed, right? Wrong. Though most work-related injuries are eligible for workers’ compensation (when the employer has workers’ comp), certain factors may affect eligibility. At Barbas, Nuñez, Sanders, Butler & Hovsepian, we… Read More »
Workplace Hearing Loss: The Causes, Characteristics, and “What’s Next?”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, work-related hearing loss is the most common workplace illness, with 22 million suffering from exposure to hazardous decibels in the workplace on an annual basis. Hearing loss is debilitating, and not just because a person has lost one of his or her senses. Work-related hearing… Read More »
Who is Liable for Swimming Pool Injuries in Tampa?
Summer is a great time to sit out by the pool and enjoy the warm weather, especially in a water-friendly state like Florida. Unfortunately, having a pool in one’s backyard also comes with responsibility for potential dangers. Three children a day lose their lives in swimming pool accidents, and it only takes a few… Read More »
How to Win Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Repetitive Motion Injuries
When office workers begin to experience back pain after years of toiling away at a computer; or when cashiers complain of carpal tunnel after decades of completing the same scanning motion over and over again; or when construction workers accrue bad joints and are unable to lift heavy objects after so many years in… Read More »
Workers’ Compensation for Occupational Disease
When someone gets sick with, say, lung cancer, brain cancer, or musculoskeletal disorders, many people assume that the illness is due to his or her lifestyle. After all, lung cancer is also associated with smoking too much. Brain cancer can be hereditary, and a musculoskeletal disorder could be the result of a sporting incident… Read More »
What Damages Can I Recover in a Bicycle Accident Case?
Despite the fact that Florida has some of the best bicycling safety initiatives in the country, it continues to lead the country in the number of annual bicycling fatalities. To be sure, 2015, the most recent year for statistics, saw 818 bicycling fatalities nationwide, a 12 percent increase from the previous year; 150 of… Read More »
PRESENTATION: FLORIDA SB 376 AND THE RECENT CHANGES TO SECTION 112.1815
A Presentation to the Hillsborough County Bar Association, Workers Compensation Section by L. Gray Sanders, Esquire May 21, 2018 On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, Gov. Rick Scott traveled to Tampa, only a few blocks from where we are having lunch today, to the Tampa Firefighters Museum. There, he attended a ceremony along with Chief… Read More »
