Updates in Phoenix Legal Community

September 9, 2008

The AZ Business Gazette provides updates to the legal employment developments in Phoenix Metro. Enjoy…article is titled: “Phoenix labor and employment firm adds 3 attorneys”

by John McLean - Sept. 4, 2008 12:00 AM
Arizona Business Gazette

Ford & Harrison, a labor and employment law firm in Phoenix, has added three attorneys to its Phoenix office.

Dinita L. James, a partner in their Tampa, Fla., office relocated to Phoenix. She is experienced in litigating complex matters in state and federal court, including large employment-discrimination class actions and collective actions. She received her law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law, graduating first in her class in 1990.

Steve Coleman joined as an associate and practices on employment litigation, with a focus on Title VII, ADA, ADEA and state-law discrimination cases. He received his law degree cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2002.

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Posted by Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer

"Insurers don’t have to pay injured workers’ spouses"

Found an important ruling for Arizona on azcentral.com

By Howard Fischer - Sept. 4, 2008 12:00 AM
Capitol Media Services

A state court has ruled that workers-compensation insurance does not have to reimburse spouses of injured workers for special care they provide.

The Arizona Court of Appeals rejected arguments by Sabino Carbajal that his wife should be paid for the “attendant care” she provides when he does not have a nurse at his house. Carbajal, who is partially paralyzed as a result of an industrial accident, said there are things he cannot do for himself that require the help of his wife.

But the plea was rebuffed by Judge Patricia Orozco, who wrote the court’s majority opinion.

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Posted by Phoenix Personal Injury and Accident Attorneys