Category: Workers’ Compensation

There are multiple ways to settle a case. One of them is a workers’ comp waiver agreement. The parties involved can structure a waiver agreement for the lost wages, or for the medical coverage, or for both portions of the claim.

Many injured workers have difficulty understanding the workers comp settlement charts used by the insurance carrier to value their case. This article explains how to use these charts to value workers comp…

Workers comp surgery will impact settlement value. This Article discusses how spine surgery and knee replacement surgery impact the settlement value of a workers comp case.

This article discusses how insurance adjuster and lawyers determine workers comp settlement amounts in a schedule loss of use case.

Does a workers comp insurance carrier pay for serious injuries that result in a permanent total disability? If so, how much? The Workers’ Compensation Board Panel recently dealt with this issue.

A worker may at any time effectively fire their workers comp lawyer. However, when that worker finds a new lawyer, the prior attorney may still argue for a fee. Learn more about the division of attorney fees.

A common pitfall to an injured worker is failure to provide adequate notice to his or her employer of the accident. This article discusses the filing requirements for a workers comp claim and a recent case…

Although a lawyer is not required, it is highly recommended that an injured worker retain some type of counsel. This article explains why a workers’ comp claim attorney can be an asset to an injured worker.

Every Long Island workers’ compensation case is different. This article discusses how injuries to multiple joints on the same arm or leg affect settlement values. It also discusses a case every workers’ compensation lawyer…

Workers comp IME doctors are not the injured workers friend. There is no patient-doctor relationship and they are hired by the insurance carrier to cut costs. If you are attending a workers comp IME…