On Tuesday, awork-related accident claimed the life of the president of a construction company. According to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, 54-year-old Gary Berthelot was killed when he was working on a property in Louisiana. The accident happened at around 7:30 a.m. when a floor collapsed onto Berthelot at a former restaurant called the…
A man that sustained serious life-altering injuries in a workplace accident was awarded $15.2 million by a jury in Cook County, Illinois on Thursday. Thomas Neuhengen, a 33-year-old Army veteran, suffered injuries to his left foot when it was crushed by a forklift in 2012. Neuhengen was employed by Hemle Machine Co. as a…
A construction worker was injured in a work-related accident when she was struck by a vehicle in a construction zone. The accident happened on Wednesday afternoon in Paducah, Kentucky. The female worker, 39-year-old Amanda Taylor, was handling the responsibilities of the flagger when she attempted to stop a vehicle at approximately 3 p.m. The…
A fatal workplace accident occurred yesterday at the construction site for the Minnesota Vikings Stadium and upon investigating, the roofing company has had several safety violations in the past few years. On Wednesday, an employee from Berwald Roofing Co. fell from the roof to his death and another worker was seriously injured in Minneapolis….
A work-related accident in Jefferson County, Illinois has taken the life of a logging worker. On Tuesday morning, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department responded to calls regarding a work-related accident around 8:02 a.m. According to authorities, 20-year-old worker Quentin Levi Douglas Campbell was severely injured when a tree fell on top of him near…
A police officer was injured in an accident in St. Louis County on Friday. The female officer attempted to apprehend a suspect when the vehicle he was driving dragged her several hundred feet. The officer was responding to a reported theft near Lucas and Hunt and Pasadena when the suspect was spotted in a…
An explosion Saturday afternoon has injured two workers in St. Louis. The incident occurred at a pallet company at approximately 12 p.m. Authorities believe that natural gas was built up in a room that was used for warm sterilization of the pallets and when the workers walked into the room, the explosion happened. The…
“Meyerkord & Kurth, LLC: A Legacy of Legal Innovation” Today, attorney Brian Kurth appeared before the Missouri Court of Appeals to present an oral argument in a worker’s compensation matter which was handled by attorney Geoff Meyerkord and tried by attorney Joe Klenofsky, both of Meyerkord & Kurth. At hearing, the employee prevailed and…