Washington Personal Injury Lawyer & Attorney : Regan Zambri & Long Law Firm : DC Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, founding partner

I was contacted earlier this week to represent the family of a man who died when he fell seven stories as a result of a work accident that likely could have been prevented. All too often, employers consider profits over people, allowing their job sites to fall short of applicable safety standards, endangering American workers.   There are strict federal and local laws in place that govern workplace safety.  Unfortunately, these laws are often ignored and poorly enforced.  As a result, workers are killed or otherwise seriously injured every day.

Please take a look at a video that you can view by clicking here.  It  dramatically explains how workers are needlessly killed or injured as a result of preventable incidents.

There are workers'-compensation laws in every state that provide benefits to injured workers.  My office handles those kinds of claims routinely.  However, those laws do not make the workplace safer, which should be the primary goal.  Employers need to create safe work environments so that deaths and serious injuries can be avoided in the first place.  If they fail to adhere to the laws governing safe work environments, they should be shut down.  It's a matter of life and death.

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Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, founding partner

The AP (7/14) reported, "Novartis will pay up to $152.5 million to potentially thousands of women after a jury found it discriminated against them by paying them less than men . . .The agreement, which still must be approved by a federal judge in Manhattan, also calls for an additional $22.5 million to be paid for company programs to eliminate discrimination. The settlement covers claims by 5,600 women at the drug company who were part of the class-action lawsuit that resulted in a six-week trial earlier this year."

The Wall Street Journal (7/15, Bray) reports that "Novartis has agreed to a momentous settlement," adding, "the terms of this agreement allow for full compensation of both former and current female field force employees, ensuring that every woman who worked at Novartis over the past eight years has been compensated fairly."

No employer should ever discriminate against any person.  We are equal citizens with equal rights.  And we all deserve to be treated fairly.

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Mr. Zambri is a board-certified civil trial attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocates and a Past-President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. He has been rated by Washingtonian magazine as a "Big Gun" and among the "top 1%" of all lawyers in the Washington metropolitan area. The magazine also describes him as "one of Washington's best--most honest and effective lawyers" who specializes in personal injury matters, including automobile collisions, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, and workers'-compensation claims. Mr. Zambri has also been named a "Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyer magazine (March/April 2010)--a national publication that honors the top lawyers in America.

If you have any questions about your legal rights, please email Mr. Zambri at szambri@reganfirm.com or call him at 202-822-1899.

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Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, founding partner

The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reached a settlement with Imperial Sugar for safety lapses at two Imperial Sugar plants.  At one plant, in 2008, the safety violations caused a sugar-dust explosion which killed 14 workers.  OSHA had previously warned Imperial Sugar about allowing sugar dust to build up in its plants.

The accumulated sugar, which is combustible, in Imperial Sugar's 92-year-old plant exploded like gunpowder on February 7, 2008.  The federal Chemical Safety Board said the explosion was "entirely preventable".  Imperial Sugar failed to admit liability in settling OSHA's complaint against it.

Another 18 of the workers injured or killed and their families have settled lawsuits they filed against Imperial Sugar.

Thousands of Americans are killed every year as result of preventable workplace "accidents".  Employers must do more to protect their workers.  And, of course, people and safety must be placed above profits.

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Mr. Zambri is a board-certified civil trial attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocates and a Past-President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. He has been rated by Washingtonian magazine as a "Big Gun" and among the "top 1%" of all lawyers in the Washington metropolitan area. The magazine also describes him as "one of Washington's best--most honest and effective lawyers" who specializes in personal injury matters, including automobile collisions, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, and workers'-compensation claims. Mr. Zambri has also been named a "Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyer magazine (March/April 2010)--a national publication that honors the top lawyers in America.

If you have any questions about your legal rights, please email Mr. Zambri at szambri@reganfirm.com or call him at 202-822-1899.

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