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Attorney Conference Calls Preferred Method to Resolve Many of Your Common...
The State Board recently announced a new policy encouraging lawyers representing both claimants and insurance companies to use conference calls with the judge to resolve many common claim disputes....
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Feelings of Betrayal Common in Workers Compensation Claims
Many of the clients I represent are long term employees of their companies. It is not unusual for me to work with to clients who have been loyal employees for 10 or more years. Folks with a long tenure...
View ArticleInsurance Adjusters Becoming More Aggressive in Using Surveillance
It comes as a shock to my clients that a private investigator may be following them around videotaping them at home, at the store, or even in the doctor’s parking lot, but this type of surveillance...
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It is Better to Say Nothing than to Say Something Stupid
I recently ran across an article on a Pennsylvania workers comp attorney’s blog about a factory worker who injured himself on the job, but managed to lose his workers compensation claim because of how...
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Can I Collect TTD Benefits If I Intend to Retire Anyway?
Can a worker who was injured two weeks before her planned retirement still collect temporary total disability benefits? This was the issue that arose when an employer sought to terminate benefits on...
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Don’t Take that Posted Panel at Face Value
I want to call your attention to an issue that may seem like a minor part of your workers compensation case but, in fact, could significantly increase your bargaining power. This issue has to do with...
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Medical Care in Your Workers’ Comp Case: Why I Never Relax
Many of the problems that you may face in your workers comp. claim will arise from the medical care you receive from the posted panel physician. While it would not be accurate to question the...
View ArticleSpeeding Up the Process with a Conference Call to the Judge
Often, disputes will arise in your workers’ compensation claim that require a decision by a judge. The types of disputes that might require such a decision include such things as: disagreement about...
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Independent Medical Examinations Ordered by Insurance Companies Rarely Unbiased
I regularly advise my clients that they should be cooperative, yet guarded in their interactions with posted panel or employer provided independent medical examinations. 1 Often the physicians used...
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Change to Georgia Workers Comp Law May Impact Settlement Value of Your Case
Among the changes to Georgia’s workers’ comp. laws coming out of this past year’s legislative session was a provision that limits the employer/insurer’s responsibilities to pay for work injury medical...
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