It is easy to feel overwhelmed after a serious accident. You may have injuries that you have to tend to at the same time as seeing thousands of dollars in medical bills coming in. If you were hurt in an accident while working on the railroad, then you should have...
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Year: 2021
How does workers’ compensation help hurt workers pay the bills?
Getting hurt on the job or sent home because of the increasing symptoms of a work-acquired medical condition will affect your whole family. The worse your injury or illness is and the longer you will be off of work, the bigger the financial impact it will have. You...
A truck crash could result in catastrophic head and neck injuries
When you’re driving next to large trucks, you may feel concerned. You are right to be wary, because a collision with one of these vehicles could leave you with serious injuries. Head and neck injuries can be catastrophic for a victim, so it’s important that you seek...
How does the Jones Act protect maritime workers?
Unlike most land-based workers in the United States, maritime workers are not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under state or federal laws if they are injured on the job. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 – commonly known as the Jones Act – is a federal law...
Hurt on the railroad? You may have options for compensation
There are any number of hazards that railway workers may face when they’re on the job. For people who work on the tracks, these can be even more pronounced. There could be risks such as being trapped in the track’s moving parts, getting run over by a train, suffering...
ADWB Partners Honored As Super Lawyers In 2022
partners Charles Armbruster, Roy Dripps, Michael Blotevogel were recently selected for inclusion in the 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers list. Being named to a Super Lawyers list is a prestigious distinction that only 5% of attorneys in...
ADWB Partner Honored As Top 10 Nursing Home Lawyer
partner Charles Armbruster recently named one of the Top 10 Nursing Home lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers: Top 10 Nursing Home Trial Lawyers Association. This honor recognizes decades of work representing the families and residents...
ADWB Obtains $3.15 Million In Verdicts Against Railroad And Supervisor
partners Charles Armbruster and Michael Blotevogel secured verdicts of $3.14 million and $10,000 against Union Pacific Railroad Company and a supervisor who injured their client in five separate workplace violence or harassment incidents....
ADWB Partners Get Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals To Reverse Summary Judgment Entered Against FELA Plaintiff
partners Roy Dripps, Michael Blotevogel and Charles Armbruster were able to convince the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a summary judgment that had been entered against a railroad employee in the Eastern District of Kentucky...
ADWB Stops Jones Act Employer From Using Forum Selection Clause Against Injured Employee
partner Roy Dripps convinced a judge in the Southern District of Illinois that a forum selection clause frequently used by an employer to guide venue to the Southern District of Indiana was unenforceable. As a result, the employee, who...