Fighting to protect workers rights

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Workers compensation law is slightly more than 100 years old. It has become a fundamental protection for workers and their families. Sadly, insurance and business interests have been attacking this basic law for more than 25 years. The effort has been nearly continuous with legislative and administrative proposals aimed at lower benefits to workers and their families  while raising profits for business and insurance.

            This law firm believes we have an obligation to fight these attacks on behalf of our clients and their families.  The past week is an example.  Rod Rehm spoke to a group of lawyers  on how to defeat these attacks at the Northwest Regional Conference of the Workplace Injury Law Advocacy Group www.wilg.org held in Whitefish, Montana. The event was attended by Michael Gruber, Brooklyn, NY, current President of WILG, Amie Peter, Edmonds WA, President-elect of WILG, Chuck Davoli, New Orleans, LA past President of WILG and chaired by Tom Murphy of Great Falls, MT along with a hearty group of workers compensation lawyer from the Northwest part of the U.S.A.

            It was great to share information with and learn new and better ways to win our cases and court and continue to defend the law in the legislature. WILG is a great organization fighting for workers 24/7/365 all across the USA.

            Jon Rehm testified at the Business and Labor Committee of the Nebraska Legislature on behalf of the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys, NATA,  www.nebraskatrial.com concerning efforts to limit drug prescriptions for our clients. Our office and NATA is concerned that efforts to attack opioid addiction will harm our clients unless written carefully. Protecting good medical care for injured workers is more important than saving prescription costs for business and insurance under the guise of attacking addiction.

            Testifying in the legislature is a regular part of being a lawyer at Rehm, Bennett and Moore. We actively work to protect workers’ rights in every forum we can.

The offices of Rehm, Bennett, Moore & Rehm, which also sponsors the Trucker Lawyers website, are located in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska. Five attorneys represent plaintiffs in workers’ compensation, personal injury, employment and Social Security disability claims. The firm’s lawyers have combined experience of more than 95 years of practice representing injured workers and truck drivers in Nebraska, Iowa and other states with Nebraska and Iowa jurisdiction. The lawyers regularly represent hurt truck drivers and often sue Crete Carrier Corporation, K&B Trucking, Werner Enterprises, UPS, and FedEx. Lawyers in the firm hold licenses in Nebraska and Iowa and are active in groups such as the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG), American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys (NATA), and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). We have the knowledge, experience and toughness to win rightful compensation for people who have been injured or mistreated.

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