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Industrial Accidents and Worker’s Compensation

1/28/2010
Ed VanDorn
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What should I do after an on-the-job injury?

This blog post will help guide you through the basic steps you’ll need to take after an on the job injury. We outline what to do after an accident at work and will help you decide what to do if your workers comp claim is denied. If you feel you are being bullied by the insurance company please be sure to seek counsel with the best workers compensation attorney available. Only an experienced, passionate lawyer can take on an insurance company and win you maximum compensation for your injuries and lost wages.

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9/29/2009
Rob Curtiss
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Have You Been Denied Workers Comp? | NH on the Job Attorney

If you have been denied workers comp you are not alone. A new study has shown that workers, especially lower wage workers, are not being taken care of when they are injured. The study sheds light on a disturbing trend among those making around $8 an hour.

Every job has its challenges but when lower wage employees are hurt on the job they are often discouraged from filing for workers compensation. Even when they are severely injured their employers may force them to stay on the job, even threatening them with termination or deportation.

Each and every worker who is injured on the job has the right to file for and win their workers compensation claim. At Van Dorn & Curtiss we are passionate, some say fanatical, about our dedication to injured workers.

It is unacceptable that any worker, lower wage or higher wage, should be left alone after an on the job injury. If you have been injured while at work please let us fight for your rights as an injured worker. Contact your New Hampshire (NH) accident attorney at Van Dorn & Curtiss today for your free consultation.

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8/31/2009
Ed VanDorn
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OSHA Offers Free On-Site Consultation | NH On the Job Injury Attorney

If you are a business owner you should be doing everything you can to prevent on the job accidents and injuries. OSHA is known for levying heavy fines to business owners who commit safety violations. However, they also focus on prevention.

OSHA's on-site consultation service offers a great opportunity to improve workplace safety. During the consultation no penalties or citations are given. The free service is offered as a way to pinpoint and fix any workplace hazards.

To learn more about the free service please click here.

If you have been injured while at work please contact your New Hampshire (NH) workers compensation attorney at Van Dorn & Curtiss today for your free consultation.

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8/31/2009
Ed VanDorn
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OSHA Offers Free On-Site Consultation | NH On the Job Injury Attorney

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8/1/2009
Ed VanDorn
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Experience, Passion Key in an Attorney | New Hampshire Accident Lawyer

If you have been injured while at work there is every chance that your employer, their insurance adjustor and lawyer will be pressuring you to settle your workers compensation claim right away. The problem is that this settlement may not cover the full extent of your physical and emotional trauma.

An insurance adjustors main job is to protect the companies' money by keeping it from you. They may seem like they have your best interests at heart but at the end of the day they are looking out for their bottom line, not your well being.

The only person who can accurately estimate the cost of ongoing care, treatments and medical procedures is an experienced accident attorney.

At Van Dorn & Curtiss we know how much an injury will cost you and we will vigorously fight for this figure. Insurance companies are scared of us. Why? Because they know that we are passionate about our clients and that we work harder than anyone else to get accident victims maximum compensation for their injuries and losses.

A less experienced, less passionate lawyer will often settle a case just because they are nervous that the case might go to trial. We are not afraid to go to trial and prepare each case as if it were going to seen by a jury.

Dedication, experience and passion are what we are all about. If you have been injured while on the job please contact your New Hampshire injury attorneys at Van Dorn & Curtiss today for your free consultation. No one will work harder for you and your family.

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6/30/2009
Ed VanDorn
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Is your workplace safe?

If you have been injured or have contracted an illness while at work the answer may be no.

Recent fines levied against a New Hampshire Ruger manufacturing plant show how lightly some employers take employee safety. The facility received over $255,000 in fines for 60 alleged health and safety violations. The most serious accusation is that the facility allowed their employees to operate dangerous machinery without proper safety measures in place.

Are you safe at work? You may think so, but if your employer is not taking the proper steps to protect you from both physical and environmental dangers then they are not doing their jobs.

If you have been injured on the job please do not hesitate to call an attorney at Van Dorn & Curtiss today. The consultation is free and if you have a good case we will stop at nothing to get you the compensation you deserve for your on the job injury or industrial accident. Winning a worker's compensation claim can be extremely difficult. Please contact us today to ensure that you get maximum compensation for your injuries.

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5/28/2009
Ed VanDorn
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Do I need a New Hampshire asbestosis or mesothelioma lawyer?

Recent successful appeals for workers compensation remind us that your fight for recognition of your on the job injury or illness is never over. Mesothelioma and asbestosis are two illnesses that are debilitating yet difficult to win proper compensation for.

If you work in or around older buildings, both residential and industrial, you may be at risk for complications from asbestos exposure. The troubling part of exposure to asbestos is that it does not cause any immediate illness. The signs and symptoms often do not surface for 20 or more years after initial exposure. By then it can be next to impossible to get your employer and their insurance company to recognize your illness.

An experienced, local lawyer is your best chance at receiving the compensation you deserve. The lawyers at Van Dorn & Curtiss have been fighting for the rights of workers in New Hampshire, Vermont and across Northern New England for many years. The key to winning worker's compensation cases is determination and experience. At Van Dorn & Curtiss we are determined to get you maximum compensation for your injuries.

Please contact us today for your free consultation.

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4/30/2009
Ed VanDorn
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First Responders Often Injured as They Work to Save Lives | Vermont

First responders are emergency personnel trained to respond to accidents and provide medical care for any accident victims. First responders include police officers, firefighters, EMT's, search and rescue volunteers, volunteer fire fighters, lifeguards and lay rescuers.

Recent fires and accidents in Vermont highlight the importance of first responders. Volunteer and paid firefighters responded to and kept under control a brush fire off Central Shaft Road in Vermont. In the same weekend volunteer firefighters responded to a motorcycle accident that injured four.

Though first responders act quickly and work to save others, they are often put in risky situations that can and do injure and kill thousands each year. If you have been injured while on the job and are having trouble getting the workers compensation you need please contact a lawyer at Van Dorn & Curtiss today. We work tirelessly to protect the rights of the injured in New Hampshire and Vermont.