Suffering an on-the-job injury is almost always a devastating experience. Many workers are unable to return to their jobs for an extensive period, forced to sit at home as their medical bills and everyday expenses add up at a rapid rate. For most American families, this immense burden will often lead to financial turmoil. Thankfully,  … Read more

Most mistakes in life can be remedied with a bouquet, box of chocolates, or a carefully worded apology. However, if you were injured at work, your errors, missteps, and oversights won’t be as easily remedied. When you apply for workers’ comp benefits, your employer and its insurer is likely looking for any reason to reduce  … Read more

We depend on our jobs to make ends meet, so when a workplace accident leaves us seriously injured and unable to make a living, it’s only natural to feel overwhelmed. If you were injured at work, you are probably aware that you can file for workers’ compensation benefits to cover some of the losses you’ve  … Read more

We rely on our jobs to make a living, so when a workplace accident happens it can feel like a death sentence. In the blink of an eye, you were likely deprived of the paychecks you need to make ends meet, left to foot the bill for your growing medical costs and other unanticipated expenses.  … Read more

If you have a workers’ comp claim, you should be aware of some workers comp surveillance tactics used by employers and insurance companies. Will You Be Followed by a Workers’ Comp Investigator? Workers’ comp insurance companies routinely hire private investigators to take video of injured workers. The investigator will follow and videotape the daily activities  … Read more

Not long ago, we wrote about how Sedgwick CMS’s unreasonable delays in delivering treatment to an injured worker killed him.  Well, they’ve recently agreed to a $1,129,600 settlement in response to the allegations brought by the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board for labor code violations stemming from Sedgwick’s utilization review practices. What is utilization review,  … Read more

The Georgia Court of Appeals evaluated a case this summer titled Chambers v. Monroe County Board of Commissioners that involved an injury the Employer argued was “idiopathic” (i.e., that it could have happened anywhere, so it shouldn’t be covered by workers’ compensation insurance).  After the claimant won at the initial hearing, she was overturned at  … Read more