The 2014 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a total of 4,679 fatal work injuries in the U.S., a two percent rise from 2013. This represents a death rate of 3.3 per 100,000 full-time employees. An occupational injury in Salt Lake City that leads to a wrongful...Read More
From Farmington, Utah to the East Coast, spinal cord and slip and fall injuries occur with an impressive degree of regularity. In fact, the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center estimates that up to 34 people suffer from a serious spinal cord injury every day. Regardless of age, spinal cord injuries are going to be...Read More
Oftentimes, in the very moment an emergency arises, it can be difficult to know how to respond. Though car accidents are, without a doubt, the most common of problematic situations in St. George and other cities in Utah, in today’s day and age, the frequency with which harmful slip and fall incidents take place is...Read More
From our office in St. George to other parts of Utah, here at Robert J. DeBry, we’re no stranger to working with genuinely injured Utahans hoping to receive the necessary monetary compensation so that they can get back to work as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, due to the many subtle intricacies of the legal system,...Read More
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center recently found that damaged white matter in the brain may be correlated to traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). In a study of 74 patients with TBIs, researchers used an MRI technique that measures damage to white matter. These terrible brain injuries are not only traumatic, but leave lasting...Read More
Sometimes when a member of the military returns home from a bad slip and fall or battle injury they are unable to find a steady job. Some injuries can be debilitating. That is why our government set up a veteran disability program which allows them to receive benefits. This program originally just required veterans to...Read More
Growing up either here in Utah or elsewhere, parents generally exercise extreme caution when dealing with their children. From learning to walk to taking the family car out for a spin, life brings with it a handful of innate dangers. While dangerous actions like running at a public pool, often resulting in slip and...Read More
The National Safety Council found that slip and fall accidents are the most common of work-related injuries in the United States. Over the years, many people have received proper coverage for accidents at their respective places of employment through workers’ compensation. However, there are some cases in which the employer isn’t necessarily at fault. When...Read More
Slip and fall injuries are incredibly common. In fact, most people know someone close to them who has been a victim of this type of injury. Truthfully, it’s very likely that, at one point or another, you’ve slipped and fallen yourself. However, for being such a prevalent occurrence, not many people in Utah and...Read More
