Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Average Weekly Wage In Workers’ Compensation Cases
If you have been injured on the job, filing for workers’ compensation will mean that you will have to know and understand quite a few different numbers and figures. One of the more important ones is your average weekly wage (AWW), which is used in calculating your benefit amount. However, it can be very… Read More »
Defective Parts & Car Crashes
Car accidents happen every day on Florida roads, but sometimes they are attributable to other factors besides driver inattention or mistake. In uncommon instances, a defective part in your automobile can lead to malfunction, which in turn is very likely to lead to accident and injury. If you have been injured in a car… Read More »
Undocumented Employees & Florida Workers’ Compensation
The law surrounding the employment rights of undocumented workers is somewhat complex, because while they do not have the right to work, at least in theory, many do, either because they provide false information to employers, or because employers hire the undocumented for reasons of their own. If an undocumented worker is employed, they… Read More »
Liability For Accidents In Bad Weather
Compared to the tundra to the north, Florida’s winter weather is paradise. However, winter does bring increased instances of bad weather, especially fog and rain, and when bad weather happens, so do auto accidents. If you drive in Florida winters, it is a good idea to be aware of the potential risks, as well… Read More »
Damages In Florida Wrongful Death Cases
The last thing that most people want to do when they have lost a loved one is to try and quantify the nature of that loss. However, it is an important part of filing a wrongful death claim, and if your loved one died as a result of someone else’s negligence, you have the… Read More »
What Is An Idiopathic Injury?
There are many, many different types of injuries that a person can sustain, most of which can be incurred on or off the job. One of the most perplexing and often frightening types is what medicine calls an idiopathic injury. If something is idiopathic, it means that there is no immediately discernible cause for… Read More »
Florida Burn Injuries
Burns are among the most serious injuries that a person can sustain, because it takes very little time for significant, long-term damage to be done to the body. If you were burned due to someone else’s recklessness or negligence, it can seem to be even worse, because it could have been avoidable. Contacting an… Read More »
Third Party Claims For Workplace Injuries
When an employee is injured on the job, most of the time they will file for workers’ compensation, as they are generally entitled to do. However, there are some claims where liability would be more properly alleged against a third party – someone on the premises, or someone off the premises who might still… Read More »
Personal Injury Claims For Psychological Injuries
When someone is injured in an accident, they most often try to seek compensation for any physical injury they may have suffered. It is much less common for personal injury lawsuits to be brought based on psychological trauma, or on any other type of invisible illness or injury – and yet they cause as… Read More »
Identifying Employers’ Retaliatory Conduct After A Workers’ Comp Claim
Unless someone falls under a very specific exception, every employee is entitled to make a workers’ compensation claim if they are injured on the job. However, some employers will take the news of a workers’ compensation claim as a personal slight, or see it as somehow undermining their authority, and may take what is… Read More »