By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published February 3, 2022 | Posted in Workers Compensation | Tagged Tags: workers compensation |
Job Injuries Increase during Winter Months The other day I was reading various articles on workers’ compensation claims as is my wont, and I came across the attached article on the increase in the number of job-related injuries during winter months. The article was from a Colorado newspaper, but the same holds true wherever winter Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation and Professional Truck Drivers Driving might be considered a sedentary activity but being a professional truck driver is not. If you are an Over-The-Road driver or Local Driver, you handle an 18-wheeler or a dump truck, if you drive a Logging truck or are a Tow Truck Driver, you know that your Read More
Read MoreConstruction Workers and Job Injuries The Country is currently experiencing a construction boom. Drive down the road or interstate and the evidence of the boom is easy to see. There seems to be more work than workers available in construction, and this generally leads to longer hours and more work injuries. Even before the recent Read More
Read MoreHurt at Work: Nurses, CNAs, Therapist, EMTs, Healthcare Workers The last two years have been chaotic for us all, but for Healthcare Workers (Nurses, CNAs, Certified Nursing Assistants, EMTs, Emergency Medical Technicians, Therapists, etc.) unbelievably so. During this time society has rightly recognized healthcare workers as the heroes they have always been, but they have Read More
Read MoreSuffered a Work Injury? Don’t Give Up Have you suffered a work injury in Alabama and feel as though the deck is stacked against you? Are you struggling to receive the medical attention you need and feel as though no one is listening to your concerns? DON’T GIVE UP; that is exactly what the workers Read More
Read MoreJob Injury Wal-Mart Job Injury Wal-Mart: Have you or someone you care about been hurt at work while working for Wal-Mart in one of their locations in Alabama? If so, and your injury was not the result of you goofing off or being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, then you have a valid Read More
Read MoreHuntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers Huntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers: Reached MMI Now What? What are My Rights? You have been told by your treating physician that, in his opinion, you have reached maximum medical improvement–now what? The first thing you should know is that your right to temporary total disability (ttd) benefits or temporary partial disability Read More
Read MoreHuntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers Huntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers: What does MMI mean: What are My Rights? One question we are often asked is what exactly does maximum medical improvement (MMI) mean? The way I generally explain it is that “maximum medical improvement” is just a fancy was of saying “you’re as good as you’re going Read More
Read MoreAccident at Work Jim Walter Mines Have you or someone you care about has suffered an accident at work while working for Jim Walter Mines? If so, and your injury was not the result of you goofing off or being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, then you have a valid Alabama Workers’ Compensation Read More
Read MoreHuntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers Huntsville Workers Compensation Lawyers: Claim denied due to a pre-existing condition. What are My Rights? If you work in Alabama and you have sustained a workers compensation injury, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits; however one of the main reasons workers’ compensation insurance carriers deny benefits is because they Read More
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