I was recently asked to advise a specialty welding company in the oil-gas industry that had a run of work accidents to its employees (including one severe injury) whether it could forgo purchasing workers’ compensation insurance altogether and go “naked.” The company faced ever-increasing premiums for workers’ compensation coverage and an exclusion from bidding with…
Firm Hosts Annual Employment Law Seminar
- March 2, 2017
Heidelberg Steinberger will host its annual employment law seminar at the Biloxi Yacht Club on May 11, 2017, titled “Guideline for Employers and Carriers.” In response to input from attendees at the firm’s 2016 seminar, the program will be divided between workers compensation in the morning and human resource issues in the afternoon. This year’s…
Summary Judgment in Jail Death Case
- February 27, 2017
John Morris Lee came to the Jackson County Adult Detention Center in December 2012. Charged with a third offense (felony) shoplifting charge, he had been in the facility several times in the past. For many years prior to his incarceration, Lee suffered epileptic seizures for which he received medication. Upon entry into the ADC, Lee…