Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
The Director of the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation announced new maximum benefit rates for injured workers injured on or after July 1, 2013. Because most workers’ compensation benefits are defined and limited, these increases in benefit rates can affect...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
The third avalanche fatality in the US for the 2012-2013 Season was reported at the Snowmass Ski Area, Colorado. On December 30, 2012, at 1:37 pm, veteran Snowmass ski patroller Patsy Hileman was announced dead after an avalanche swept her over a cliff, according to...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
Workers’ compensation laws have limited coverage with regards to post-traumatic stress disorder. There are conditions that must be satisfied and proof of the disorder must be shown. But for the first responders in the Newtown killing, the federal government of...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
Other than the date a worker was injured, the next most important is the date that the Doctor placed the worker at “Maximum Medical Improvement” also called MMI. When a worker is placed at MMI, certain benefits can shut off, and other begin, but most worrisome, it...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
In 2007, five workers died after a fire broke out inside a pipeline while the workers were resealing it. The fire occurred while the workers were at their workplace at Xcel Energy’s Cabin Creek hydraulic plant. After five years of trial, the Colorado Court of Appeals...
