Matt Fendon Law Group Legal Blog

Does your Social Security Disability attorney properly prepare for the hearing? The typical process involves months to years of preparation for hearing. However, to keep things simpler for this blog post, we will let you know the types of things that we do in the final month before the hearing. For example, they make sure…

My employer said they would take care of me. Unfortunately, this is not accurate. When you are injured on the job in the state of Arizona, you need to promptly do the following three things: file an injury report with your employer, file an injury report with the Industrial Commission of Arizona, and go see…

If you suffer an industrial injury and have previously been hurt on the job with a permanent impairment, your new injury may become what we call an “unscheduled” disability. In Arizona, that means that if your second injury causes you to make less money than you were earning l before the injury, you may be…

If you are injured on the job in Arizona, and are taken off work, or put on light duty for at least seven days, there is a strong probability that the workers’ compensation insurance carrier will issue a Recommended average monthly wage notice. The Industrial Commission of Arizona, which is the state agency in charge…

If you have an open Arizona workers’ compensation case, and you are on a light duty status per your doctor, there is a chance that you have returned to work with the employer you were working for when you were injured. If your doctor releases you to light duty, the first thing you should do…

We received many calls about the condition post Trumatic stress disorder a.k.a. PTSD. This is a real condition that affects many Arizonans. PTSD can be a covered condition under the Arizona workers’ compensation act as long as the injured worker can show the that the PTSD is related to “an unusual, unexpected, or extraordinary stress”…

If my contract of employment says I’m an independent contractor and I’m injured on the job am I eligible for benefits? The easy answer to that is “it depends.” Often, employers in Arizona will try to categorize injured workers as independent contractors so they don’t have to pay workers’ compensation benefits. What the courts will…

If you are hurt on the job in Arizona, and you do not have a lawyer, there is a chance your case could be dismissed if you fail to comply with certain procedures in your case. If you have filed a request for hearing at the Industrial Commission of Arizona, there are certain things that…

COBRA benefits provide folks who have lost their jobs with up to 18 months of coverage under their employer’s group policy. However, this period is extended to 29 months if Social Security finds the claimant became disabled within the first 60 days of their COBRA coverage. For more questions about this or Worker’s Comp cases,…

In Arizona, if you have a compensable industrial injury case, and end up with a permanent impairment on that case, you may entitled to lifetime benefits depending on pre‑existing impairment. For example, if prior to your Arizona work comp claim, you had a pre‑existing impairment of “great magnitude” such as the loss of a leg,…