Attorneys: Want to Avoid Monster Claims? Get Serious About Safety

If employers and insurers are concerned about the increase in “megaclaims” — those with awards of more than $3 million — they should focus on the most basic of workplace safety measures, said a lawyer whose firm in South Carolina has been behind three massive settlements in the last three years. “Workers every day are put in the position of having to lift things that are just not safe. Employers should do all they can to avoid that,” said Thomas White, an attorney with the Steinberg Law Firm in Charleston. White and attorney Peter Brown, also of Charleston...