Archive for October 2014
Denver Worker’s Compensation Lawyers: Advice for Police Officers
Denver Workers’ Compensation Laws: Police Officers Working as a police officer comes with its own daily stresses, and the chances of a potentially lethal encounter looms over each officer as they do their rounds. Though caution is always exercised, confrontations are part of the job. So when disaster or misfortune strikes, police officers, just like…
Read MoreCan an Employee Injured on a Holiday Receive Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Workers’ compensation is mandatory insurance that employers must provide for their employees to assist them when they are injured on the job or develop occupational disease. A Denver workers’ compensation attorney can help to get you the insurance benefits you are entitled to by law. The 2013 Workers’ Compensation Act provides that employees, whether working…
Read MoreColorado Injured Workers Pharmacy Explained
Colorado Workers’ Compensation Attorneys Kaplan And Morrell explain how the Injured Workers Pharmacy works and processes prescriptions for injured workers in Colorado. Find out how the IWP helps injured and disabled workers get their medications without having to worry about being denied coverage for medications needed for work related injuries. If you’ve been injured at…
Read MoreDenver Workers’ Compensation Case Review: Duty to Report Injuries
Duty to Report Work Injuries only triggered when compensation and benefits are “payable.” Colorado Law requires employers and their insurers to notify the Division of Workers’ Compensation of injuries “for which compensation and benefits are payable.” CRS §8-43-103(1). Mr. Flores claimed he injured his back on September 24, 2012 when he and other co-workers moved…
Read MoreHelicopter Industry Launches Global Work Injury Safety Campaign
A Safety Measure to Prevent Aviation Disasters Since 2004, there are about 1,600 helicopter crashes that resulted to 260 fatalities in the US alone. The data was revealed by Christopher Hart, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Globally, more than two serious helicopter accidents occur every week, with one-third resulting to fatalities, reported…
Read MoreDon’t Wait To Talk With Work Injury Lawyer In Colorado
Talking to a work injury lawyer in Colorado is confidential, it’s doesn’t obligate you to anything…and it’s free. This morning I had the pleasure of talking with a young man and his wife about his work injury. We will call him Jaime. He was injured in early 2012 on a oil production platform when a…
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