Keating, O’Gara’s Anne Winner will be presenting on the topic of “Pretrial Hearings” at the 2011 Workers’ Compensation Section Annual Seminar on Friday, November 4th.
The seminar will begin at 8:00 a.m. and will be conducted at the Scott Conference Center at 6450 Pine Street in Omaha.
Anne is one of Nebraska’s most experienced workers’ compensation attorneys and looks forward to sharing her insights again at this year’s seminar.
Posted in Nebraska Workers Compensation Monday, 31 October 2011 17:15 No Comments
From the Lincoln Journal Star:
Police: Allegations in city mower death inconclusive
By Peter Salter, Lincoln Journal Star, May 6, 2011
The months-long police investigation into last year’s lawn mower death of a city worker is done, delivered — and largely inconclusive. And it will likely do nothing to quell complaints that the city’s street maintenance department fosters fear, intimidation and unsafe practices.
“When an investigation about whether they protected employees from safety hazards comes back inconclusive, it doesn’t speak well about the management of the organization,” said Gary Young, attorney for the union representing the city’s blue-collar workers.
Young called the street maintenance department “the worst-managed division of any public employer” of the unions he represents. ”The accident that happened, if it’s going to happen, this is where it’s going to take place.”
On Aug. 16, Eric Kohles was found crushed by a 1,200-pound riding mower at the bottom of a grassy ditch. The 37-year-old worked for the city’s storm water division but had been helping mow that day — first near 56th and Sumner streets, and, after lunch, near 56th and Seward in northeast Lincoln.
The husband and father died four days later.
Posted in Defective Design, Defective Products, Employment Law, Labor Law, Product Defect Lawyer Lincoln Nebraska, Product Liability, Product Recall Lawyer Lincoln Nebraska, Safety Friday, 6 May 2011 09:24 No Comments