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Top Work Related Injuries In The Colorado Hospitality Industry
In Colorado, tourism is a huge deal and very significant to the success of our economic landscape. Our region relies heavily on service and hospitality workers to keep the tourism industry alive and thriving. Just like any other job, this type of work comes with risk of injury although the injuries in this field…
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 MoreSocial Security Guidelines on Fibromyalgia and Disability
The Social Security Administration published new guidelines for evaluating fibromyalgia in its disability cases on July 25, 2012. The purpose of the Ruling is to assist SSA’s decision makers in evaluating disability claims with allegations of fibromyalgia. According to the Ruling, fibromyalgia “is a complex medical condition characterized primarily by widespread pain in the joints, muscles, tendons…
Read MoreSocial Security Benefits and Debit Cards – Some things to consider
Starting March 1, 2013, all Federal benefits, including Social Security payments, went electronic. There are no more paper checks. Social Security beneficiaries here in Colorado as well as across the country will receive their payments by direct deposit or on a debit card. For any Social Security beneficiary who does not choose an option for…
Read MoreNew Report Recommends Changes to Social Security Disability Programs
According to an August 8, 2012, PRNewsire press release, D.C.-based advocacy group “Our Generation” has released a report entitled “Social Security Disability Insurance – an Entitlement in Need of Reform.” In the report, the non-profit think-tank elaborates on the problems with the current Social Security disability system and suggests ways that the federal disability program…
Read MoreSenate’s Report Misses the Point on Social Security Disability
A report from the US Senate Subcommittee on Investigations minority staff released this month alleges that SSA erroneously awarded disability benefits in more than 25% of the claims it processes. The investigation looked at 300 cases over three counties in the US to come to this conclusion. The very small sample size is the…
Read MoreSocial Security Administration Stops Mailing Paper Statements Again
SSA has suspended mailing out their Social Security earnings and benefits statements effective October 1 due to their very tight budget. The Social Security statements showed a person’s earnings covered by Social Security and estimates of the person’s potential retirement and disability benefits. SSA had previously suspended mailing out the paper Social Security statements as…
Read MoreNHL Players are Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits Just like Other Employees
Injuries do happen in a NHL game with head injuries the most common among hockey players. Recently, Daniel Sedin, a left-wing Canucks player was assisted off the ice after receiving a concussion from Duncan Keith’s elbow on March 21. Daniel Sedin is the most recent player to suffer from a brain injury that was caused…
Read MoreRoggen Elevator Employee Dies in a Workplace Accident
On Wednesday, a 28-year old man from Commerce City died performing his work duties at Roggen Elevator, as reported by the Weld County Coroner’s Office on Thursday. The victim of the workplace accident was known as Andres Ramirez, told by Chris Robillard, the coroner’s office investigator. An autopsy was completed on Thursday which revealed that…
Read MoreWorkers’ Comp Claims by the numbers…
Insurance Companies and Risk Managers claim workers will fraudulently file workers’ compensation claims during tough economic times, the truth, at least in Colorado is that lost-time and Settled Claims dropped from $24,044 in 2008 to 21,932 in 2009. In 2010 such claims stayed about the same, dropping to 21,329. Average lost time (both median and…
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