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Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (20) Does a failed drug test mean I cannot get comp benefits?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (20) Does a failed drug test mean I cannot get comp benefits? If you work in Alabama and have suffered a workplace injury, you are probably entitled to workers’ compensation benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation laws; however, if the injured worker failed a drug test given afterwards, they may be Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (19) Is it true that comp will pay my medical bills for life?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (19) Is it true that comp will pay my medical bills for life? YES. Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation law states that your employer’s workers compensation insurance carrier is responsible for paying for all reasonable and necessary medical treatment related to a work injury for the rest of your life. Should you settle Read More
Read MoreCan I receive Social Security Disability while receiving Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Can I receive Social Security Disability while receiving Workers’ Compensation Benefits? Over the last 28 years, we have been asked this question several times; can one apply for and receive Social Security Disability benefits while they are receiving workers’ compensation benefits? The answer is YES-although as the attached article references, workers’ compensation and other public disability Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (18) How do you toll the statute of limitations?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (18) How do you toll the statute of limitations? In our last blog we explained that the Statute of Limitations is the statutorily prescribed limitation on a person’s right to bring a legal action. For an Alabama Workmen’s Compensation claim, the statute of limitation is 2 years from the date of Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (17) What is the Statute of Limitations?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (17) What is the Statute of Limitations? The Statute of Limitations is the statutorily prescribed limitation on a person’s right to bring a legal action. For an Alabama Workmen’s Compensation claim, the statute of limitation is 2 years from the date of your job injury, or two years from the date Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (16) What are vocational benefits?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (16) What are vocational benefits? If you have suffered a permanent injury to a non scheduled body part (head, neck, shoulders, back, hip, or if you have an injury which detrimentally effects the efficient functioning of your body) and you are no longer able to perform you past work or earn Read More
Read MoreNeed a Second Opinion?
Alabama Workers Compensation Attorneys Need a Second Opinion? While I disagree with this lawyer calling another one a “scumbag,” our firm also often receives calls from injured workers whom have been given pretty bad legal advice. Just earlier this year I met with an individual who stated they injured themselves at work and that they hired Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (15) What if I have a permanent injury as the result of my job injury?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (15) What if I have a permanent injury as the result of my job injury? Once you have reached maximum medical improvement (MMI), the treating physician will give an opinion as to whether you have sustained a permanent physical impairment as a result of your job injury. If you have not Read More
Read MoreALABAMA DISABILITY ATTORNEYS: MENTAL ILLNESS
ALABAMA DISABILITY ATTORNEYS: MENTAL ILLNESS There is no sense in having standards or guidelines if the government refuses to adhere to them. Suffering from a mental illness should not be viewed as a crime, or a judgment from God on a person for some past bad deed. Mental illness is no respecter of person, but if Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (14) What does MMI mean?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (14) What does MMI mean? As mentioned in earlier blogs, temporary total disability benefits (TTD benefits) is the name given to the workers’ compensation check a worker who was injured at work receives during the period of time they are unable to work due to their job injury. TTD benefits are Read More
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