Denver Workers Compensation
Understanding the Disfigurement Benefit
One of the most overlooked benefits in worker’s compensation to injured workers is a disfigurement benefit. We chatted with Ronda Cordova a very experience workman’s compensation attorney. She told us Colorado law provides disfigurement benefits if a worker has a scar or disfigurement due to an industrial injury or occupational disease. Disfigurement benefit covers what?…
Read MoreGetting Lost Wages After a Work Injury – What You Need to Know
If you’re off work because of a work-related injury, you should be getting two-thirds of your lost wages. Getting Lost Wages After a Work Injury. Unfortunately, an employer can raise the argument that you are responsible for your termination and deny you lost wages while you’re treating. If you are treating for a work injury and…
Read MoreTop Things to Know About Taxes and Workers’ Compensation Benefits
W-2s, 1099s, and other tax documents will begin to arrive in mailboxes across the state as the time to file income tax returns in Colorado is nearing. At Kaplan Morell Law, we often receive an influx of questions around this time of year. One frequently asked question among injured workers in Colorado who reach…
Read MoreAdvice for Workmen’s Comp (Part 2) – What Injured Workers Need to Know Before Going to the Doctor.
Workers who are injured on the job need to know what will affect their worker’s comp claim and their treatment. The doctor Most injured workers don’t realize the doctor who’s been picked by the insurance company is not a family doctor. Many times workers go to be evaluated for their first injury and are not…
Read MoreWhat Are The Most Fatal and Costly Work Injuries
Each year, the Division of Worker’s Compensation Colorado creates a massive and comprehensive report recapping the prior year’s work injuries. This data contains many detailed statistics and facts about claims. These statistics cover fatalities in on-the-job injuries, the types of industries where injuries are likely to occur, and what genders or ages are the most…
Read MoreAdvice for Workman’s Comp – The Importance of Your Doctor’s Appointment.
When submitting a claim for Workman’s compensation the first appointment with your doctor is the most important one of all. So much gets determined there, and what gets said and not said at that visit can affect the entire claim. Be specific. If you’re not specific about exactly what you hurt at work that day…
Read MoreThree Steps To Take If You Are Injured at Work in Colorado
Remaining safe and avoiding injuries while working is part of everyone’s job. Unfortunately, accidents happen. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses occurred with private industry employers in 2016, which shakes out to about 2.9 cases per 100 full time equivalent workers. While job-related injuries or…
Read MoreSocial Media and Workers’ Compensation – Colorado
Well, good morning. today, I wanted to talk with you briefly about what happens if you’re injured and you are on social media. That particular topic came into full focus this week with a client of mine and a client that was not mine. Let me talk about the client that wasn’t mine. A law…
Read MoreFive Things To Reduce Your Chance Of Injury While Driving On The Job
For even the most experienced Colorado driver, winter weather brings a whole new set of risks to everyone behind the wheel. Each year, over 1,300 deaths occur, and more than 116,000 people are injured on snowy, slushy, or icy pavement. Kaplan Morrell Law knows just how dangerous the combination of winter weather and driving can…
Read MoreChanges in 2018 Denver Workers’ Compensation Laws
The General Assembly adopted three bills affecting injured workers in Colorado. Workers’ compensation insurance is in place to protect injured workers and their employers in the state of Colorado. This insurance pays for medical treatment and a portion of lost wages when an employee is injured on the job. According to state law dating back…
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