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Workers Compensation and Death – Injury Unrelated to Work
Workers Compensation and Death – Injury Unrelated to Work – What happens to your benefits if you die during your Colorado work injury claim but it’s NOT due to your work injury? We discuss a few ways that an unrelated death might actually be related to a work injury and what benefits you may be…
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 MoreDenver Workers’ Comp Lawyer Mike Kaplan Explain Safety Rule Violations
There are 3 things that an insurance company has to prove when they accuse an injured worker of violating a safety rule after a work injury. Learn more about safety rules and workers’ compensation from Denver Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Michael Kaplan. If you’ve been injured on the job in the Northern Colorado area, you need…
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 MoreIs sexual harassment covered under Colorado Workers’ Compensation?
Workers’ Compensation covers all on-the-job injuries, except….sexual harassment …. even if the worker and the harasser met through their employment. This summer, the Industrial Claims Appeals Panel upheld an Administrative Law Judge’s decision that sexual harassment is not “compensable” as a work injury. The Judge reasoned that the harassment was the result of personal interaction…
Read MoreWorkers’ Compensation Case Review: Sheltered Employment
One of the more difficult workers’ compensation benefits to obtain is wage loss benefits after maximum medical improvement. This is called Permanent Total Disability (PTD). In order to obtain PTD Benefits an injured worker must show that he or she cannot earn any wages in any employment. Typically this means that if injured workers can…
Read MoreCan an insurance company later substantially lower a settlement offer if I refuse to settle now?
A Colorado worker was seriously injured in the Nineties. At the time the insurance carrier offered $300,000 to settle the claim. The worker declined, waiting, he said, “for the right time to accept.” Now nearly twenty years later, the carrier is only offering $20,000. Can they do that? Parties settle to avoid risk. Workers settle…
Read MoreSeasonal Roof Worker Killed in Colorado Workplace Fall
A seasoned roof worker was recently killed on the job after falling to his death 20 feet from a fire escape in Colorado Springs, as reported by The Gazette. He is 41-year old Pedro Carreño Arrazola, an employee of Weathercraft Roofing Company for more than a decade already. His employer, Weathercraft President John Fleming, said…
Read MoreWorkers’ Compensation Case Review: The Pot Paradox and How Using Legal Pot Can Cost You Your Job
As recreational pot is made available beginning January 1, interested buyers and users alike ponder why pot use has became more complicated now that it is legal than when it was still prohibited. While both the recreational and medicinal use of cannabis was legalized by Amendment 20 and 64 respectively, no law, according to the…
Read MoreWorkers’ Compensation Benefits of Injured Workers in Illegal Construction Sites
Employers should provide safe working conditions for their workers. Failure to do that, employers run the risk of paying fines or being subjected to civil litigations. One company might be subjected to these and more after a serious injury occurred in its construction site. Philly.com reported an accident involving a Philadelphia construction worker who is…
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