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• IRS Ups the Ante on Mileage Rates: What’s the Deal for your Workers’ Compensation Case?

  Nick Avgerinos | July 17, 2008 3:37 PM | 1 CommentChicago-Land, IL

  The IRS wants to give you money; even they recognize that the current gas crunch is seriously pilfering of your paycheck. And I’m not even talking about stimulus checks. The IRS announced an...

• Yard Work Can be Hard Work: Safety Tips for the Summer

  Nick Avgerinos | July 15, 2008 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  I recently blogged about American workers who are injured by lawn mowers. The U.S. Consumer...

• Lawn Clippings: Mowers Cut More than Just Grass

  Nick Avgerinos | July 14, 2008 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  It’s summer in Chicago ; sometime between the stifling humidity and driving rain , we find time to enjoy the great outdoors. But with the snow cleared away and the barbeque grills out comes...

• 21 or Bust: Adult Enablers Encourage Underage Drinking

  Nick Avgerinos | July 11, 2008 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  Parties with no adult supervision, fake IDs , vodka in water bottles; it’s the worst nightmare of most parents of teens. With the focus on young Hollywood’s drinking and drugs, kids today...

• Deadly Drops: Slip-and-Falls are Especially Serious for Seniors

  Nick Avgerinos | July 07, 2008 12:11 PM | 2 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  We’re getting older. All of America , that is. Today, people 75 and older are the fastest growing population group in the country. And, as the Baby Boomer generation ages, we’ll have a...

• Teen Workers: How to Stay Safe this Summer!

  Nick Avgerinos | July 03, 2008 11:10 AM | 1 CommentChicago-Land, IL

  Teen Workers: How to Stay Safe this Summer! Remember what it was like to be a teenager? A false sense of invincibility, a dread of asking questions that might make you look dumb, and an...

• It’s Not Easy Being Green: Bike Safety in the City

  Nick Avgerinos | July 02, 2008 10:06 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  With $5 gas apparently on the horizon, we’re all looking for ways to cut down our consumption. So, for budgetary as well as eco-conscious concerns, many are filling up their bike tires and...

• Today’s Forecast: Construction With A Chance Of Injury

  Nick Avgerinos | June 30, 2008 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  Some say there are two seasons in Chicago: winter and construction. With construction season upon us, the safety forecast is bleak. The nature and number of projects going on in the Chicagoland...

• It’s Never Too Late To Say You’re Sorry (But Earlier Is Better for Business)

  Nick Avgerinos | June 26, 2008 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  To apply the law to a given situation, specific facts are needed. Legal battles then center upon a game of “he said, she said,” leading to a messy fight and often less-than-ideal resolution. But...

• Dancing Their Way to Rehabilitation: Unconventional Rehabilitation Methods Following a Spinal Cord Injury

  Nick Avgerinos | June 23, 2008 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  As Personal Injury Attorney Steve Lombardi has recently written, spinal cord injury rehabilitation has changed drastically in the past 50 years. As technology has developed, unconventional methods...