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9 Jul 2015, 4:04 am by David DePaolo
**********I'm Not Handicapped, by Dwight Johnson**********When you see me drive up and get out, you’re surprised to see this guy with no legs get out of the truck. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 3:45 am by NCC Staff
” Kennedy won the election as part of the Johnson landslide in 1964. 9. [read post]
11 May 2015, 4:05 am by David DePaolo
I've written about Dwight Johnson before.He's the double amputee, suffering the loss of both legs at the knees from two separate work injuries.The cosmos didn't look kindly on Johnson for a few years...But Johnson worked hard at maintaining a positive attitude, ultimately coining his signature sign-off, "Have a Kick Ass Day. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 4:48 am by David DePaolo
I think of Dwight Johnson's story and how better communication could have eased anxiety, although eventually (with the help of his attorney, retained ultimately because of communication issues) his case was handled expertly.Workers' compensation has never been perfect - it can't be. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 12:45 pm by Mark S. Humphreys
State Farm adjuster Dwight Johnson inspected Nasti's roof and reported: "I inspected the roof with the contractor. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 4:24 am by David DePaolo
New rules, new mandates, new systems - old expectations, old operations, old sentiment: a confluence of mixed emotions seeking to either vilify or justify this new process.And this is not to say that there are injured workers who are not getting medical treatment that they otherwise should be getting - because there are many case examples where reasonable doctor's orders aren't being granted now - a very public example is when Comp Laude Award winner Dwight Johnson, a… [read post]
14 Dec 2014, 7:00 am by Jennifer Williams
Take Dwight Watson, a.k.a. the “Tractor Man. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 4:34 am by David DePaolo
"Motivational speaker at the Gala, Dwight Johnson, after everyone wiped the tears from their eyes hearing his strong story about two separate industrial accidents end in two separate amputations of both legs, summarized it best in first person experience: the whirlwind of laws, regulations, people, and decisions on top of the fear of an insecure, precarious future, drives the California injured worker to seek counsel.And it was a "no" that drove Johnson to… [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 4:16 am by David DePaolo
We start off at 1 p.m. and I will present WorkCompCentral's Word on the Industry - a review of the past year (and other significant events) concluding with a single word that WorkCompCentral editors have decided best defines the system.Following Word on the Industry motivational speaker and injured worker, Dwight Johnson, a double amputee as the consequence of two separate industrial accidents, will tell us his story about injury, recovery, injury, recovery - and keeping life… [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 5:52 am
We’ve made no secret of our distaste for the so called “heeding presumption” – that juries may presume that any alternative “adequate” warning would have been heeded by the plaintiff (or, in prescription medical product cases, the prescriber). [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 3:54 am by David DePaolo
Dwight Johnson with his best "kick-ass" scowl! [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 4:28 am by David DePaolo
******************SHAMELESS PLUG******************On December 6 at the Sheraton LAX Gateway hotel I will be presenting the WorkCompCentral Word on the Industry report, which will be followed by a debate between Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker, Vons/Safeway VP of Risk Management Bill Zachry, applicant attorneys James Butler (No Cal) and Robert Rassp (So Cal) with a special motivational appearance by injured worker Dwight Johnson. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 6:46 pm by Old Fox
Republicans often led the efforts to pass federal anti-lynching laws and Democrats successfully blocked those bills.Though both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were signed into law under Democrat President, Lyndon Johnson, it was the Republicans in Congress who made it possible in both cases – not to overlook the fact that the heart of both bills came from the work of Republican President Dwight D. [read post]
19 May 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Dwight Eisenhower’s campaign for the Presidency included a slogan, “Let’s Clean House,” and a promise to rid the federal government of both communism and sexual perversion. [read post]
27 Apr 2014, 12:30 am by Emily Prifogle
Reviewer Dwight Garner writes,"I wish I could say that, this early spring, I read “All God’s Dangers” in one sitting. [read post]