Today's post comes from guest author Brody Ockander, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Getting reimbursed for mileage and travel expenses is often part of the medical process in a workers'’ compensation claim. However, it’s essential to keep detailed receipts and have a plan for submitting those expenses in a timely manner. The federal government has set [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Charlie Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.Please take a moment to ready this story out of Pennsylvania: Study: Many Will Die if Medicaid is Not Expanded. As part of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), an expansion of Medicaid was intended. Medicaid essentially is the joint federal-state program to provide [...]
Many defendants, particularly celebrities, often try to keep settlement agreements private and they seek confidentiality as part of the bargain. Dennis Rodman, former Chicago Bulls basketball player and current friend of the North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un, kicked a photographer in 1997 during a basketball game and the photographer sued for personal injuries. Eventually a [...]
Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.nytimes.com Workers' Compensation will soon be impacted by the full economic force and effect of The Affordable Care Act. The economics of the costs of the delivery of medical care will soon be the issue that determines whether workers' compensation continues as a [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Brianne Rohner, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Before workers'’ compensation was an option in Nebraska, injured workers' could only sue their employers under tort law for damages. While providing complete compensation – i.e., damages such as those for pain and suffering were available – it also required proof of negligence, [...]
Today's post was shared by The Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group and comes from www.chicagotribune.com Sheriff Tom Dart The Cook County Board next week is expected to approve spending $2.4 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that Sheriff Tom Dart retaliated against deputies who backed his political opponent when he first sought the job [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm.Connections brought me in touch with a poet from Eastern Washington, Charlie Hopkins. I found that several of his poems describe work, workers', the aches and pains of growing older and the ties that bind us all together. The following poem caught my eye: [...]
According to Max Lucado, the Greek word for compassion is “splanchnizomai” and medical students know that splanchnology is the study of the gut. A few days ago a workers' compensation client died of a massive heart attack, and when her husband called to tell me of her death I had that gut-wrenching experience of realizing [...]
Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.nytimes.com It is hard to image that any other Industry that denies its employees workers'’s compensation benefits for known work-connected injuries would be bragging about a mere 13% reduction in head injuries. That is what the NFL is doing this week in advance [...]
Ten Things I Wish I Knew As a Young Lawyer Representing Plaintiffs: 1. Make a “to-do list” before you start work and prioritize that list into a top ten. At the end of the day, check off what you have accomplished and then start a new list. 2. Be honest in all things, at all [...]