Oct 30, 2015 | WC & Other Laws
Lower Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates for 2016 – At the end of the year, many insurance companies will attempt to settle or reduce the number of open claims they have. Workers’ compensation is no different, creating an opportunity for Denver workers’ compensation...
Oct 23, 2015 | Employment Concerns
There was a controversial case here in Colorado just recently. A judge ruled in favor of a widow whose husband died because of unfavorable working conditions. Jim Freemyer, an oil-field worker, died in 2014 after inhaling toxic chemicals in a low-oxygen atmosphere at...
Feb 16, 2015 | WC & Other Laws
Starting so Bad (It’s great). (Caution Spoiler Alert) – For such a huge success, Breaking Bad followed the plot lines of immortal morality plays like Macbeth: a good man with good intentions progressively makes tiny self-rationalizing decisions down the path to...
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 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)...