Feb 13, 2015 | WC & Other Laws
The use of marijuana for medical purposes has been made legal in 2000. Since then, patients and their caregivers were allowed to use the drug while being exempt from state criminal penalties. In relation to this, Amendment 20 was passed. It changed Colorado’s...
Feb 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Work-related injuries can arise from different causes. There are injuries caused by accidents in the workplace such as a fall from scaffolding, machinery accident, or a vehicle mishap which occurred while driving a company vehicle. These injuries are called industrial...
Feb 9, 2015 | WC & Other Laws
5 Things the Insurance Company Does Not Want You To Know About Workers’ Comp – Having represented thousands of injured workers in Colorado since 1997, there are a few nagging little things that happen that make me roll my eyes when work injury employees...
Feb 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
When injured colorado workers lose their health insurance following a work injury, the conversion cost of that health insurance can be included in the employees average weekly wage. This way, you are compensated for loss of health insurance – a major and common...
Feb 4, 2015 | WC & Other Laws
One of the things that distinguish Workers’ Compensation Hearings is that we argue cases in front of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) instead of a jury. There are only a handful of ALJs so we tend to see the same ALJ multiple times. A pro se (unrepresented)...