Jay Trucks and Associates Legal Blog

Since most adults spend the majority of their waking hours in work environments, accidents are bound to occasionally happen in these settings. Generally, the only legal rights a worker has with his employer in these instances is to file a claim for workers' compensation.

Consider third party involvement
When an injury occurs, a worker should consider whether a viable claim might be issued against a third party. For example, is a manufacturer of unsafe equipment or machinery involved, the owner of the building in which the accident occurred, or an employee of another company? The following is an example: if a person is hurt at work when accidentally injured by a forklift that a fellow employee is driving, that worker will typically receive workers' compensation benefits. But in a somewhat different scenario, if the forklift driver is an employee for a different company, the injured person may be able to recover additional money damages from both the driver and the driver's employer.

Have an attorney review your case
Workers' compensation cases can be complex. If you are hurt on the job, it is critical to have your case reviewed by an attorney to make certain that you have received workers' compensation benefits from every party that is associated with your injury.

If you have been injured at work, you are entitled to worker's compensation benefits. Please contact Jay Trucks & Associates, PC at 1-800-762-8623; we can help you learn your rights and get the compensation that is owed to you.

For more than two years now, the efficacy of the birth control patch, Ortho-Evra, has questioned following studies that indicated 23 deaths related to the. About 17 of those deaths appeared to be blood clot-related. Many more women in their teens and twenties suffered strokes and other blood clot-related events.

Due to the many adverse side effects associated with Ortho-Evra, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered that changes be made to the patch's label. In November 2005, a new warning stated that women who use the patch are exposed to approximately 60% more total estrogen in their blood than if they were taking a birth control pill containing about 35 micrograms of estrogen. Because the patch had been marketed with claims stating that it was just as safe as the pill, the FDA required the manufacturer, Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuticals, to add another warning about the increased risk of injury due to high levels of estrogen released from the patch.

Smoking cigarettes while wearing the patch increases the risk of serious adverse effects on the heart and blood vessels, and this risk increases with age. If you take hormonal birth control medication, you should not smoke.

Ortho-Evra should not be taken by women with a history of:

• High blood pressure
• Heart attack or stroke
• Blood clots in the legs, lungs, or eyes
• Diabetes with complications
• Chest pain
• Cancer
• Vaginal bleeding

If you or a loved one has suffered due to a defective product in Michigan, please contact the attorneys at Jay Trucks & Associates, P.C. today to schedule your confidential consultation.