Posts in June, 2015

Jun 29 Permanent Award of Workers' Compensation Total Disability Benefits Reversed in Jefferson County, Alabama

The employee in this case worked for Goodyear Tire and suffered a right leg injury during the course of employment. The court ...

Jun 29 Two Plead Guilty to Stealing Identities and Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns

Tax fraud has reached an epidemic in the United States and the IRS is slow to respond to the fraud. There was a recent piece on 60 ...

Jun 24 Appeals Court Affirms Breach of Contract Claim and Reverses Attorney Fees Case from Shelby County, Alabama

This is a breach of contract case and an award of attorney fees in Shelby County, Alabama. MAE Hardwoods, Inc. is a manufacturer ...

Jun 23 Child Support Modification Case Reversed in Shelby County, Alabama

This is in the case of Chunn v. Chunn, a child support case from Shelby County, Alabama. The case was appealed related to child ...

Jun 22 Family Receives Monetary Damages in a Workers' Compensation Case

This case originated in Connecticut and was on the Justia website this week. In a 5-1 ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court, the ...

Jun 19 Colorado Court Rules that Colorado Workers Can Be Fired Smoking Marijuana

This is a case that was discussed in the New York Times this week. While I agree with the ruling of the court, I am not going to ...