A Brutal Interpretation

2005-LDA-00069
TITAN CORPORATION Employer and 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PA/AIG WORLD SOURCE

 
Appearances: Karl Bender, Esquire On behalf of Claimant
Roger A. Levy, Esquire On behalf of Employer/Carrier
Before: JANICE K. BULLARD Administrative Law Judge
A Brutal Interpretation
By Peter Rousmaniere
`The following are important excepts from a very good post that you should read completely at the link above.
Taha [...]

Remember Them, Too

Don’t Contractors Count When We Calculate the Costs of War?
  An Arlington National Cemetery caisson carries the body of retired Air Force Col. Michael W. Butler, who was killed while working as a private contractor in Iraq. (2007 Photo By Charles Dharapak — Associated Press)

By Steven Schooner
Monday, May 25, 2009
Despite the light that Memorial Day [...]

Pentagon’s IG to Examine AIG Insurance Provided to Private Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN  !!
Pentagon’s IG to Examine AIG Insurance Provided to Private Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica – May 21, 2009
The Defense Department’s inspector general [1] is preparing a possible audit to examine allegations that inadequate oversight by federal officials allowed AIG and other major [...]

AIG and This AIG Attorney can’t take the Truth

Looks like AIG and their defense attorney went whining to Craigs list to have the not so flattering posts about them removed.
We still know that  This AIG Attorney makes his very good living off the backs of injured war zone contractors and their families who have lost their homes, their livelyhoods, and too often their lives [...]

The DBA X Files: Unravelling the mysteries of the abducted PTSD cases

Thanks to American Contractors In Iraq for hosting the DBA X Files series
The first episode
Unravelling the mysteries of the abducted PTSD cases
has just gone online   www.americancontractorsiniraq.com/XFiles.html
The ALJ’s and DME’s come up with the  MOST BIZZARRE ideas and rulings !!   
The Department of Labor should be humiliated for allowing this science fiction to ruin peoples lives.
Check out the site for [...]

Suicide from PTSD not compensible?

It does not state anywhere in the LHWCA or the DBA that suicide from PTSD is not compensible.
PTSD is the injury.  The cause is exposure in the war zone.  Death is the result.
The theory that PTSD cannot be proven post mortem has clearly been blown out of the water in every other venue outside of [...]

This AIG Attorney part 2

Thanks to Morale Majority  for the heads up on this.
This is a Craig’s List post, someone else’s opinion, just passing it along
Injured contractors and their attorneys should note this clip from the post:
“His trial tactic’s as explained recently at a legal seminar are to be nice and friendly during a deposition with an injured american [...]

Independent Medical Examinations under the Defense Base Act

There is a provision under the Defense Base Act  for Independent Medical Examinations as well as procedure to be followed.  
907  Medical Services and Supplies  scroll down to  907 e
http://www.dol.gov/esa/owcp/dlhwc/lspm/lspm5-400.htm
In the event that medical questions are raised in any case, the Secretary shall have the power to cause the employee to be examined by a physician [...]

Senate Hearing on AIG Care for Contractors Injured in Iraq Postponed Until June

Senate Hearing on AIG Care for Contractors Injured in Iraq Postponed Until June
by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica – May 12, 2009 7:42 am EDT
Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Monday that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has postponed until June a hearing on the government’s system of purchasing private insurance to cover [...]

This AIG Attorney

Thanks to a commentor for this one,  this is a repost from Craigs list, just passing it on, just some one on Craig’s list opinion, not necessarily ours
This AIG Attorney (New York)
Check out the link and let us know if your experience has been the same