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D.C. Maryland and Virginia medical malpractice, workers compensation and accident information.

Do you have questions about medical malpractice or need information about patient safety or medical mistakes regarding cerebral palsy, pulmonary embolism, cancer misdiagnosis or following up on medical tests?

Or questions about your rights if you are hurt on the job or in a serious accident?

On the page below you can find links to documents, reports, publications and discussions on medical malpractice, workers compensation and accidents provided by Donahoe Kearney, LLP. Be sure to check out our blog posts, videos and frequently asked questions.

Workers' Compensation:

On Workers compensation? The insurance company can be watching and videotaping your every move, discussing your case with your neighbors and following your family.
Workers Compensation Insurance Companies will videotape you if you're hurt at work in D.C.
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?
When you get hurt at work and can't do your regular job, is light duty available?
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?
Workers compensation benefits are different in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Injuries and Deaths at Work: Falls are the Leading Cause of Death in residential construction. For workers working at heights of 6 feet or more, learn how to protect yourself from on the job falls. [PDF]
Workers Compensation Death claims and construction worker injuries and deaths can be reduced by following OSHA's fall protection guide.
No injured worker should go to an IME without reading this article to learn why the "I" should stand for insurance - not independent. [PDF]
An injured worker with a workers comp claim often gets a letter from the insurance adjuster or nurse case manager scheduling an "Independent Medical Exam." Learn why these insurance exams are hardly independent.
Here's what you do when you're hurt at work in D.C. [PDF]
What do you do when you get hurt on the job in D.C.? This short article focuses on basic workers' compensation rights for injured workers, including an injured worker's rights to medical treatment and workers compensation benefits.
For immediate release: Protect Your Rights: The Injured Workers Guide to D.C. Workers' Compensation, a book that is a practical guide to D.C. work injuries, written by Frank R. Kearney, will be published in November 2009. [PDF]
Workers injured on the job in D.C. are fed a constant diet of misinformation regarding their rights under workers compensation from insurance companies trying to keep their benefits down. This book, available in November 2009, sets the record straight and provides injured workers and their families the information they need to protect their rights.
DC Workers Compensation Forms [PDF]
If you are hurt on the job in D.C. you must file two forms with the D.C. Office of Workers Compensation to protect your rights to workers compensation benefits. Many employers don't give you these forms, but they are available here.
Injured Workers: File D.C. Workers Compensation Claim Forms
If you're hurt at work, your employer should give you the forms to file a D.C. workers compensation claim. Many employers don't give these forms to injured workers. You can download them here for free.
Derechos de los trabadores heridos (Rights of workers injured in D.C. - Spanish version) [PDF]
Derechos de los trabadores heridos en D.C.
D.C. Workers Compensation Benefit Increase
The maximum compensation rate for employees injured or killed on the job has increased as of January 1, 2009. This cap applies to injured workers receiving temporary total disability benefits or to the families receiving death benefits after a fatal work accident. Workers receiving permanent total disability benefits and families receiving death benefits are also entitled to supplemental annual increases.
D.C. Workers Compensation Maximum Benefit Rates [PDF]
D.C. Workers Compensation Benefit Rates for On the Job Injuries and Death
Fatal work injuries and occupational diseases in DC, Virginia and Maryland
Fatal on the job accidents in DC, Virginia and Maryland
D.C. construction worker awarded permanent total disability workers compensation benefits [PDF]
A construction worker who injured his back working in D.C. was awarded permanent total disability benefits following a workers compensation hearing. Permanent total disability benefits are available for life and will increase by a cost of living adjustment every year.
If someone can't return to work because of their work injury, they may be entitled to Permanent Total Disability.
Permanent Total Disability is available for workers hurt on the job or permanently disabled due to job related illness if the injury or disease is permanent and the injured worker cannot return to work.
Permanent partial disability for injured workers
Injured workers are often entitled to permanent partial disability benefits in DC, Virginia and Maryland workers compensation cases.
Workers Compensation information - en espanol [PDF]
Articulos informativos de accidentes laborales.
Workers compensation information available in Spanish.
You're hurt at work. You've heard about workers compensation. But how does it work?
Workers compensation protects workers injured on the job. Workers compensation laws are complex and injured workers need to protect their rights to benefits.
En Espanol - Accidentes Laborales [PDF]
Accidentes laborales DC
Work injuries
Latino workers
DC workers compensation Spanish speaking
DC Workers' Compensation Rights [PDF]
District of Columbia Workers Compensation Rights fact sheet published by the D.C. Office of Workers Compensation.
Safety Reminder
DC Workers Compensation Safety Reminder - Preventing Work Injuries
5 Ways to Kill your Workers Compensation Case
Hurt at work? Avoid these 5 mistakes that will kill your workers compensation case.
Top 10 Workplace Safety Tips
10 Workplace Safety Tips to help prevent workers on the job injuries and deaths.

In 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.