Handmade for the Holidays - Gifts for Him
This certainly falls in the "splurge" category, but isn't it great. I love how it looks like it is broken in and has a story to tell. Luscious Leather NYC makes beautiful bags, backpacks, journals that are hand cut, hand punched and hand stitched. There are lots of colors and styles available. This specific bag is designed to carry a laptop and more. All the hardware is repurposed, which gives it a great “upcycled” factor.
30 year fight continues for injured worker to have his day before the Illinois Supreme Court
Simpson filed a workers compensation claim, but was declared incompetent to handle his affairs by the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission. As a result, he has been denied health benefits and disability payments under workers compensation, and denied the opportunity to take the matter to court, including a hearing before the Illinois Supreme Court. Dibble has been the subject of recent stories in the Belleville News-Democrat, including those in which he received a workers' comp settlement for carpal tunnel syndrome. He also represented cases for carpal tunnel syndrome filed by 230 guards at the Illinois Menard Correctional Center. Dibble approved over half of the repetitive trauma cases filed by the guards, who collected nearly $10 million in a three year period. Dibble was not reappointed as an arbitrator in October by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. Amerock rejected Simpson’s claims that he sustained accidental injuries while on the job and even the opinion of Simpson’s personal...