You've been hurt at work. What are the first things you should think about? Number one: getting well so you can have the best medical recovery and return to work. Second: notifying your employer of the accident. Third: properly filing your claim on a Form 18: Notice of Accident with the North Carolina Industrial [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Paul J. McAndrew, Jr., from Paul McAndrew Law Firm.If you received workers'’ compensation benefits in 2011, you may be wondering if you will need to report this money to the IRS and pay taxes on it. Under the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Act, money that you receive as workers'’ compensation benefits [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Paul J. McAndrew, Jr. from Paul McAndrew Law Firm.Injured workers’ call me all the time asking me what they need to do to make sure they protect their legal rights. If you are hurt on the job, whether it is due to an acute traumatic injury (like cutting yourself [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Rod Rehm from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Truckers are frequently entitled to benefits from multiple states for an injury. Each state sets rules for applying its workers’ compensation laws. Virtually all states cover accidents that happen in that state. Many states allow benefits if the employer has it primary location [...]
We provide a questionnaire for you to fill out before our first meeting Today’s post comes from guest author Nathan Reckman from Paul McAndrew Law Firm.Most injured workers’ seeking an attorney’s help on their workers’’ compensation claim have never hired an attorney before. This post gives a brief overview of how you can prepare for [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Matthew Funk from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.QUESTION: I TOLD MY SUPERVISOR ABOUT THE ACCIDENT BUT I DID NOT SUBMIT AN ACCIDENT REPORT. AM I GOOD TO GO WITH THE VERBAL NOTICE? ANSWER: ALWAYS REPORT AN INJURY IN WRITING Joe was working a construction job when Mike [...]
Insurance companies sometimes tell doctors that they will not pay for procedures that the doctor says are medically appropriate. Today's post comes from guest author Nathan Reckman from Paul McAndrew Law Firm.In Iowa, employers have the right to control an injured worker’s medical care. This means that if you are injured at work, your employer [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Michael Furdyna from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano. In North Carolina, if medical travel is 20 miles or more round trip the rate of reimbursement after January 1, 2009 (on a Form 25T) is .55 cents per mile. While receiving medical treatment related to a workers’ compensation [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Rod Rehm from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. Selecting and hiring a good lawyer is critical in dealing with a legal problem. Lawyers are increasingly limiting the types of cases handled in an effort to provided better representation. The Internet is a common starting point for consumers to locate and [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Matthew Funk from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.QUESTION: IF I AM GETTING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY (SSD) AS WELL AS A PENSION DOES THAT MEAN I CANNOT GET WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AS WELL? ANSWER: YOU CAN GET STILL GET WORKERS’ COMPENSATION WHEN YOU ARE RECEIVING A PENSION AND SSD. [...]