Employers and insurance companies are denying workers’ compensation cases these days for many reasons. A couple of the more prevalent ones are that your doctor has not said it's work related yet, or not set it in the right way, or you did not suffer a single traumatic injury, but instead were hurt gradually over [...]
If you were injured because of someone else’s negligence – say, at work or in a car crash – and you decide to pursue a lawsuit, you’ll have to undergo an independent medical examination, or IME. Many people think that seeing their own doctors after an accident will suffice – but the insurance company won’t [...]
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new rule that significantly changes an employer’s duties to report workplace injuries to OSHA. Under the current rule, employers are only required to report workplace-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees to OSHA. Employers must report a qualifying incident to the nearest [...]
