Understanding the Law

May 16, 2008

  • Medical Treatment in a Workers' Compensation Case - What You Need to Know

    If you are injured on the job and you are a covered worker under the workers' compensation law, your employer is required to provide you with medical care.  However, as you may suspect, what you consider as reasonable and necessary care may not be the same thing as what your employer and its insurer want to provide. (…)

May 12, 2008

December 15, 2007

December 11, 2007

October 19, 2007

October 18, 2007

  • Light Duty Return to Work - What Should You Do?

    Have you received a light duty return to work?   What happens if you try to work but the light duty job is too difficult?  What does "light duty" mean anyway?  Will your temporary total disability benefits be restarted?   Returning to work under a light duty release can be very tricky and you can jeopardize your benefits if you do not handle this process correctly.  In this video, I explain how a light duty release is supposed to work and why a WC-240 form is so important.

September 19, 2007

March 8, 2007

March 6, 2007

January 18, 2007

December 28, 2006

November 13, 2006

November 8, 2006

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September 21, 2006