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Back to School Safety Tips
By Hessig and Pohl Law | Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Slip & Fall
Summer is starting to wind down, and children across the Bluegrass State are headed back to school. This means kids walking or bicycling to school, ...
READ ARTICLE What To Do If A Dog Has Bitten You
By smbadmin | Cases, Community
The saying goes, "A dog is man's best friend." Unfortunately, even the best-trained dog can bite...and if you find yourself the victim of a dog ...
READ ARTICLE What To Do If Your College Student Is In An Accident
By Hessig and Pohl Law | dev
Sending a child away to college can be scary for parents, especially in a busy place like Louisville. No parent wants to think about their child ...
READ ARTICLE Involved in an auto accident
By Hessig and Pohl Law | dev
No matter how safely and defensively you drive, other drivers on the road could be driving negligently and recklessly. It can be scary, especially if ...
READ ARTICLE Keep Yourself Safe By Keeping Your Dogs Trained
By Hessig and Pohl Law | dev, Uncategorized
While most dogs are sweethearts, even the gentlest dog can bite in the wrong circumstances. Unfortunately, if your dog bites someone, you can be liable ...
READ ARTICLE Summer driving safety tips: why you should take driving in the summer seriously
By Hessig and Pohl Law | dev
Although you may be more cautious in the winter while driving because of ice and snow, you also need to consider the dangers of what ...
READ ARTICLE What Type of Compensation Is Available Through a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
By HP Migration | | Worker's Compensation
Workplace injuries are a leading cause of accidental injury in Kentucky and across the United States. Depending on the nature of the accident and the severity of an employee’s injuries, it is common for someone to miss days, weeks or even months of work. In ...
Repetitive Stress Injuries Can Result in a Workers’ Compensation Claim
By HP Migration | | Worker's Compensation
Repetitive motion injuries are very common in the workplace, but are often ignored until they become a problem. Repetitive motion injuries or cumulative trauma injuries develop as a result of a muscle doing the same action repetitively for long periods of time. Doing the same ...
What You Need to Know About Workers’ Compensation in Kentucky
By HP Migration | | Worker's Compensation
Every worker in Kentucky should know about workers' compensation. Frequently, important information regarding workers’ compensation is not communicated to workers for a variety of reasons. At Hessig & Pohl, we see a lot of situations where companies refuse to provide injured workers with the workers' ...
Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Law
By HP Migration | | Worker's Compensation
Kentucky workers’ compensation laws are anything but straightforward. Nevertheless, all Kentucky workers need to be aware of their rights in case they are injured at work. The workers’ compensation laws that we have in place today were originally drafted to put the responsibility for work ...
Fatal Work Accident
By HP Migration | | Worker's Compensation, Workplace Injury
Work accidents can happen at any workplace. Consider the fatal accident at General Motors Appliance Park where a 55-year-old man got stuck in a machine on the fridge door line. The man was a long-time, 24-year employee. It is not clear how he became stuck ...
Workers’ Compensation in Kentucky
By HP Migration | | Worker's Compensation
Most employers in Kentucky carry worker’s compensation for employees hurt on-the-job. Despite the fact that most workplaces strive to maintain a good safety record, the fact is that accidents do happen and may cause serious injuries or death. Workers’ compensation covers those employed in a ...