Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
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...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
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...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
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...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
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...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
In a recent incident, a man was injured when one of the propane tanks being used in the construction site leaked. According to a CBS report, when he lit up the heater, it exploded. The man suffered burn injuries and was immediately rushed to the hospital. The worker...
