Posts Tagged ‘Greeley Workers Compensation Lawyer’
Workers Comp Tip – Should I Use My Vacation Time for a Work Injury?
If you were forced to take time off work because of a work injury and your employer says, “Just use your vacation time.” Do you have to do that? Does it still count as a wage loss even though you used PTO? We’re here to provide you with the answers. Should I use my vacation…
Read MoreWhat Happens if You Get Injured During a Coffee Break?
How does Colorado law handle injuries that happen during an employee’s coffee break? Since you’re not actively working at the time is your injury still covered under workers compensation? The answer is YES because mandated breaks are required by law and therefore getting injured while on your break would be covered by workers comp. Here…
Read MoreWhat Happens if Your Employer Says You Never Reported the Injury?
What happens if your employer says you never reported the injury? What can you do if your Employer denies you reported an on-the-job injury? Do you have proof that you told your employer about the injury?… As Colorado workers’ compensation attorneys, we frequently come across cases in which the employer claims they were never made…
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 MoreYou Won’t Believe the Unusual Injuries Covered by Workers’ Comp
Workers’ Compensation is an important employee benefit and right. It’s designed to pay for treatment associated with injuries and illnesses that occur as you perform duties associated with your job. However, it can cover eight unusual injuries you may have never considered before now. Company Events At the company picnic, you trip while playing volleyball…
Read MoreWhat a Difference An "AND" Makes In Colorado Work Injuries
THE Industrial Claims Appeals Office (ICAO) HIGHLIGHTS A MAJOR LIMITATION ON MAINTENANCE MEDICAL CARE Intersection between a law with a later statute creates a major distinction for injured workers’ medical care rights. Lola Chism injured her left shoulder in July 2009 in an admitted work injury. Following what was described as “considerable” physical therapy, and…
Read MoreAppeals Office Shifts the Burden to Injured Workers in Responsible for Termination Claims
Injured Workers must now be ready to provide evidence explaining that work absences weren’t their fault. Injured workers who lose their job while treating for a work injury are entitled to lost wage benefits, called Temporary Total Disability. However the Colorado Legislature changed the law allowing employers to avoid paying lost wages to injured workers when…
Read MoreFederal Workers Question Whether OWC Choice of Referee Physicians is Truly Impartial
A group of former federal workers have called into question the impartiality of the Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWC) when choosing referee doctors. Seven former government employees, led by Blake Brown, filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in an attempt to uncover bias in the actions of the OWC. The suit seeks the…
Read MoreEmployees Get a Bad Rap for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Workers’ Compensation fraud. Quick! What immediately comes to mind? Is it some guy playing golf, shooting baskets or mowing the lawn while a PI looks on covertly with a video camera, or some other similar scenario? It’s no surprise if that’s the case. Injured employees get a pretty bad rap when it comes to public…
Read MoreHeart Disease and Variable Night Shifts: Compensation for Women Who Work Nights
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published an article about new research tracking the association between night shift work and heart disease. Denver workers’ compensation attorneys and Greeley workers’ compensation lawyers generally work with people who suffer sudden injuries, where a process that worked for years suddenly goes wrong. Sometimes, lax employer standards…
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