Sandberg Haddon Law Blog

Working in a hostile environment can cause both mental and physical harm. For this reason alone, the law allows employees affected to bring claims against their employers. There are a range of factors which sometimes prevent employees from leaving hostile environments once they’re discovered. Therefore, it is incumbent on managers and company owners to create…

When most people think of personal injury claims, they think of product liability claims, motor vehicle accident claims, slip-and-fall claims, medical malpractice claims and dog bite claims. In short, these injuries happen when someone fails to do something that they have a duty to do to protect others from injury. While the majority of personal…

Retailers, manufacturers, and anyone who sells a product may be held liable if a court finds that a defective product was sold to consumers, even if the consumers were aware of the defects. Product liability law specifically deals with determining responsibility in cases where a defective or dangerous product causes harm to an individual. While…

When a healthcare professional’s mistake leads to injury, the injured patient may be entitled to compensation. Healthcare professionals include doctors, nurses, physicians assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, midwives and psychologists. Many of these licensed professionals are trusted to uphold a standard of care that’s expected in their profession, so when they deviate from this…

Hard-working individuals deserve to be compensated fairly, and it’s this principle which undergirds the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Among other things, the Act regulates employee wages, hours, and overtime pay. Most notably, the FLSA mandates that employers compensate their employees with minimum wage; the act also requires that an employee be compensated with overtime…

A shocking statistic from the National Center on Elder Abuse reports that 95% of nursing home residents have experienced or witnessed some form of neglect while staying in a long-term care facility. If residents are not treated properly, staff fail to follow proper guidelines and procedures, and/or there is a lack of oversight from outside…

It’s quite likely you don’t think about all the things that could cause you harm at work, but that doesn’t mean you’re impervious to accidents. When people think about accidents at work, they often think about slipping and falling, being hit by something unexpectedly, or overexertion injuries. This last category is the focus of our…

All motor vehicle accidents are unfortunate events, though not all motor vehicle accidents are similar. For example, an accident which involves a semi-truck is quite different from a fender bender between two sedans. Additionally, semi-truck operators are required by both state and federal regulations to have insurance policies that are much larger than those carried…

Nobody wants to experience discrimination in the workplace, but unfortunately discrimination does occur in workplaces across the United States. It’s illegal to discriminate against someone based on age, race, gender, or other protected characteristics, and in many cases employers that are found liable for discrimination have to compensate the person who experienced the discrimination. Workplace…

Statement from Bill Evans and Kim Porter, the parents of Ben Evans:  “We are devastated. We have waited patiently for 23 months to understand why our son Ben is dead. We know Brian Krook killed Ben. He was only 23 years old. Ben was a dedicated public servant–a firefighter and an EMT. He left behind…