Workers Compensation
PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY: MINIMUM DOES NOT MEAN MAXIMUM
One of my pet peeves practicing worker’s compensation law is the assignment of permanent partial disability (PPD) by some treating physicians and most independent medical...
WORKERS ARE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES CAUSING LIMP, SCARS, AMPUTATIONS, OR OTHER DISFIGUREMENTS
Insurance companies are required to pay permanent disability benefits to an employee whose work injury has caused permanent pain, partial or complete loss of use...
VOCATIONAL RETRAINING BENEFITS
What happens if your work injury prevents you from returning to your job? If your injury has resulted in permanent restrictions and you are unable...
ECONOMY TANKS, INJURED WORKERS HURT MOST
With the national unemployment rate hovering above 9%, and no improvement expected any time soon, those who have been injured at work continue to be...