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- Assaults at WorkPosted on 9/12/2011
- On the job exposure to infectious diseasesPosted on 7/6/2011
- 969 construction workers died on the job, many from preventable fallsPosted on 11/9/2010
- Workers Comp DeadlinesPosted on 7/2/2010
- D.C. Workers Compensation book for injured workers to be published November 2009Posted on 10/29/2009
- Politicians Working to Eliminate the Legal Age Bias For WorkersPosted on 10/8/2009
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- On Workers compensation? The insurance company can be watching and videotaping your every move, discussing your case with your neighbors and following your family.
- Doctors often tell their workers compensation patients that they can only work light duty. But does an employer have to provide light duty to someone on workers compensation?
- Injured at work in D.C., Maryland or Virginia or working for a D.C., Maryland or Virginia company when you got hurt on the job? Where do you file your workers compensation case - and where does the insurance company want you to file?
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If a child, patient or family is harmed by the medical system, the last thing they want is misinformation, empty promises or boasting from a lawyer about how great he or she is. Families and patients want information on what happened to their child or family member, whether it could have been prevented, and what could make it better. Did the doctors and nurses put the patient's safety first? Did they recognize signs and symptoms of an illness, disease or injury?
Many times, the investigation reveals the medical treatment was appropriate, the injury was not preventable or the condition would have occurred anyway. And those families understand what happened, because no one ever explained it to them.
Sometimes the investigation shows medical errors that were preventable. When families find that out, they don't want revenge. Their only thoughts are "How will I get my child's wheelchair up the stairs when he's a teenager?" or "Who will take care of my special needs child when I'm gone?" Those families need information about their rights, and they need lawyers who will give them the information - both good and bad about the benefits and limitations of the legal system.
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Two Important Tips for your Workers Compensation Case
Important tips to keep in mind that will significantly help with your Workers Compensation Case Can you trust the workers comp nurse case manager?
On workers compensation or just got hurt on the job? You can't trust the insurance company nurse. D.C. Workers Compensation Injury? Don't believe what your employer tells you.
Hurt at work in D.C.? Some employers give injured workers the wrong information about workers compensation rights. When you're hurt at work, what does your employer tell you?
Hurt at work? Don't rely on your employer to give you the correct information on workers compensation. Are you an injured worker having problems with a D.C. Workers Comp Nurse Case Managers
Nurse case manager tries to get between patient and his doctor in D.C. workers compensation case Construction workers who fell from 13th floor saved by fall protection
Worker deaths and injuries from falls can be decreased by fall protection safety equipment. Falls still #1 cause of on the job death for construction workers
Falls kill more workers on the job than any other job related work injury or accident at work.Labels: injury injury at work
Insurance company profits = collect premiums and deny claims
A workers comp insurance company won't pay for medical treatment for an injured worker who is the owner of the business and has paid premiums for 20 years. Workers Comp Nurse Case Manager Working against Injured Worker
An injured worker, trying to do what a nurse case manager (hired by the workers comp insurance company) told him to do - just got his benefits terminated. If you're hurt at work in D.C., don't delay filing your workers compensation claim
A construction worker injured on the job in the District of Columbia waited nearly a year to file his workers compensation claim. Now the injured worker needs medical treatment and benefits for this permanent injury.Labels: dc workers compensation injury
Nurses and healthcare workers exposed to chemo at work
Many nurses are injured at work every day - from lifting patients, turning patients, moving them from the OR table to a bed. The CDC has now indicated chemo contaminates the workplaces of many nurses who administer it to cancer patients.Labels: injury on the job injury
After a D.C. injury, workers comp adjuster schedules FCE
After a D.C. injury, the workers comp adjuster wants to clarify the injured workers work restrictions or limitations, so he attends a functional capacity evaluation or FCE and what do they say? "Independent" Medical Exam? Try Insurance Medical Exam
Sooner or later, someone hurt at work with a workers compensation claim will get a letter from the adjuster or nurse case manager sending them to an "Independent" Medical Exam. I call these "insurance medical exams" or litigation exams. There's nothing independent about them. Unsafe Workplace
Dangerous working conditions still exist - putting working people at risk for serious on the job injuries and work related fatalaties.Labels: on the job injury
Insurance adjusters take advantage of injured workers
One workers comp insurance adjuster takes a recorded statement from an injured worker and then won't give him a copy. Another tells a man hurt at work that he can't get benefits because his employer (the adjuster's client) made a mistake on a form and "you can't amend a legal form." Both are taking advantage of injured workers.Labels:
16 work related deaths per day
Simply reporting for work shouldn't put your safety at risk. But at some job sites, that's exactly what happens. Protect Your Rights: The Injured Worker's Guide to D.C. Workers' Compensation
How to protect your rights and those of your family when you are hurt on the job. Workers Comp Death Benefits
A widow who was denied workers compensation death benefits after her late husband died following his on the job injury is trying to change Virginia law. Work Injuries: Heat Stress and Workers Compensation
We all know Washington summers are hot - and can be dangerously so to workers Worker's knee surgery authorized
Despite unfair disadvantages, mechanic's surgery authorizedLabels: arthroscopic surgery
Dollar Tree denies death benefits after employee is killed on the job.
Dollar Tree was denying workers compensation benefits to 11 year old child of one of their employees killed on the job Workers compensation insurance company cuts off a worker's benefits because insurance company doctor says he doesn't need surgery.
Insurance company doctor denies injured worker needed surgeryIn D.C., Maryland and Virginia, we represent people and families - patients injured because of preventable medical mistakes, children with cerebral palsy, workers with on the job injuries and people injured in serious car accidents, and families who have lost a loved one due to medical malpractice, work and car accidents.
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- I'm a union worker and was hurt at work in D.C. I'm getting workers comp benefits now but how do I find the best lawyer to handle by workers comp case?
- I was hurt working in a restaurant and get tips in addition to my regular wages. Are tips included in the average weekly wage and can I get workers comp benefits based on tips?
- My husband was hurt at work in D.C. We don't want to sue his company, we just want fair compensation. What should we do?
- The insurance adjuster in my D.C. workers comp case sent me to an IME doctor who said I should have surgery but I'm not sure if I should. And now she won't pay my benefits until I have surgery. Can she do this?
- I was hurt at work in D.C. Can I sue my employer and recover damages for my back injury caused by my company's negligence?
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