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Folks, driving a company vehicle doesn’t necessarily make any injuries you incur while driving the car/truck work-related. There are a lot of factors that go into the analysis such as whether you are paid for your time to and from work, and whether the usual of the vehicle benefits your employer. Please do feel free…
Social Security Tip of the Day – Subpoenas are allowed in SS cases. However, they are not routinely issued. The reasons are that they are seldom requested; attorneys often request subpoenas when they really don’t need them, and judges are concerned with what will happen if they are ignored. One example of when a subpoena…
Lately, we have heard from many injured workers (IW) complaining that their case managers are telling them they cannot switch doctors when the IW is unhappy with current treatment. This is an outright lie, unless the employer is self-insured under the worker’s compensation act (and there are exceptions here too). Thus, if you are an…
A common issue in a worker’s compensation case is the injured worker attempting to get other body parts/injuries covered for treatment under the same claim. For example, if someone suffered a primary left knee injury which has received the majority of the treatment, but the right knee was also injured in the accident, and has…
The majority of the people we speak with who have had their worker’s compensation claims denied haven’t done one or both of the following things: 1) filed a claim for worker’s compensation benefits in writing promptly after the person is hurt; 2) failed to seek prompt medical attention after being hurt on the job. The…