Posts Tagged ‘Colorado workers comp attorney’
Safety Rule Violations – Understanding Your Rights
Safety Rule Violations! Are your benefits getting reduced because the carrier or employer says the injury is your fault! Hold on! It’s not that simple! Read Safety Rule Violations – Understanding Your Rights Was the work injury your fault or your employer’s? The truth is, it doesn’t matter either way… In workers’ compensation, it doesn’t…
Read MoreIndependent Medical Examination? Know Your Rights!
Independent Medical Examination – Know Your Rights! Why Would the Insurance Company Require an Independent Medical Evaluation (RIME)? The insurance company from time to time can require that you attend an independent medical evaluation for the following reasons: (a) If you have a work injury (b) If you are treating and receiving medical care and…
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 MorePassage of Amendment 69 Could be Bad News for Colorado Workers’ Compensation
Colorado has long been a sort of “proving ground” for new and tentative legislation. Some reasons for this is our status as a swing state and the ease of getting initiatives on our voting ballots in the first place. National groups frequently test proposals in our state, and often the proposed legislation is quite extraordinary.…
Read MoreOil Gauging Practice as a Health-damaging Working Condition
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 the Gaddis oil tank site. What he did was most commonly known…
Read More5 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 few nagging little things that happen that make me roll my eyes when work injury employees come in and they say the adjuster told them one thing or another. Here are my top five things the adjuster doesn’t want you to know: (1)…
Read MoreNursing Home Workers Face Biological Hazards
This past week, the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) cited an Ohio -based Nursing Home for several repeated violations that left workers exposed to biological hazards. After seventeen years helping injured workers, we have seen all manner of injuries and occupational diseases. While rare for employees in general, hospital and nursing home workers are exposed to…
Read MoreWorkers’ Compensation: Injured Workers Get Twice As Much With Attorney Representation
INJURED WORKERS WITH ATTORNEYS CONTINUE TO GET TWICE AS MUCH AS UNREPRESENTED WORKERS According to the latest statistical analysis of workers’ compensation settlements, injured workers with settlements received an average settlement of $33,893.00 while injured workers who handled the matter without counsel received $17,148.00. Settlements, though, only represent a portion – and often a small…
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