Obama's nominees for federal court vacancies
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A look at President Barack Obama's nominees to fill federal court vacancies:
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NOMINEES CONFIRMED
_ Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, nominated June 1, confirmed Aug. 6.
_ Gerard Lynch, 2nd Circuit, nominated April 2, confirmed Sept. 17.
_ Jeffrey L. Viken, district judge-South Dakota, nominated June 25, confirmed Sept. 29.
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APPEALS COURT NOMINEES AWAITING CONFIRMATION
_ Joseph A. Greenaway, 3rd Circuit, nominated June 19.
_ Thomas I. Vanaskie, 3rd Circuit, nominated Aug. 6.
_ Andre M. Davis, 4th Circuit, nominated April 2.
_ Barbara Milano Keenan, 4th Circuit, nominated Sept. 14.
_ Jane Branstetter Stranch, 6th Circuit, nominated Aug. 6.
_ David F. Hamilton, 7th Circuit, nominated March 17.
_ Beverly Baldwin Martin, 11th Circuit, nominated June 19.
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DISTRICT COURT NOMINEES AWAITING CONFIRMATION
_ Irene Cornelia Berger, district judge-West Virginia, nominated July 8.
_ Louis Butler Jr., district judge-Wisconsin, nominated Sept. 30.
_ Edward Milton Chen, district judge-California, nominated Aug. 6.
_ Charlene Edwards Honeywell, district judge-Florida, nominated June 25.
_ Dolly M. Gee, district judge-California, nominated Aug. 6.
_ Abdul K. Kallon, district judge-Alabama, nominated July 31.
_ Roberto A. Lange, district judge-South Dakota, nominated July 8.
_ Jacqueline H. Nguyen, district judge-California, nominated July 31.
_ Richard Seeborg, district judge-California, nominated Aug. 6.
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Does a car or truck accident count as a work injury?
If an employee is injured in a car crash while on the job, they are eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits. “On the job” injuries are not limited to accidents and injuries that happen inside the workplace, they may also include injuries suffered away from an employee’s place of work while performing a job-related task, such as making a delivery or traveling to a client meeting.
Regular commutes to and from work don’t usually count. If you get into an accident on your way in on a regular workday, it’s probably not considered a work injury for the purposes of workers’ compensation.
If you drive around as part of your job, an injury on the road or loading/unloading accident is likely a work injury. If you don’t typically drive around for work but are required to drive for the benefit of your employer, that would be a work injury in many cases.
If you are out of town for work, pretty much any driving would count as work related. For traveling employees, any accidents or injuries that happen on a work trip, even while not technically working, can be considered a work injury. The reason is because you wouldn’t be in that town in the first place, had you not been on a work trip.
Workers’ compensation claims for truck drivers, traveling employees and work-related injuries that occur away from the job site can be challenging and complex. At Krol, Bongiorno & Given, we understand that many families depend on the income of an injured worker, and we are proud of our record protecting the injured and disabled. We have handled well over 30,000 claims for injured workers throughout the state of Illinois.