By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published August 11, 2019 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: al, alabama, alabama workers compensation, alabama workers compensation attorneys, alabama workers compensation benefits, benefits, best, defined, employee, experienced, job injury, legally, Powell and Denny, undocumented, We Work When You Can't, workers compensation |
Are undocumented workers entitled to Alabama Workers Compensation Benefits if they suffer a work injury?
Alabama Workers Compensation Benefits: Undocumented Workers Not long ago I read another article that stated 11% of construction workers in Alabama are undocumented; I bet the number is really a lot higher. I was reminded of that article when the raids in Mississippi were reported over the weekend (here). Apparently the employers were well aware Read More
Read MoreWhy You Need an Alabama Workers Compensation Attorney III
Every day in Alabama, a worker suffers some type of job injury; while most of the incidents are minor in nature and require only one or two visits to the workers’ compensation physician, it is not always easy to tell whether an injury is merely a sprained muscle or something which will require surgery. What Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Take a moment to watch the attached video (click here)-and think about how poorly injured workers in Alabama are compensated compared to the rest of the Nation. Alabama workers deserve better. Contact your State Representative and tell them that our workers deserve better!! Better yet, email them a copy of this video, and if you Read More
Read MoreLawsuit accuses doctor of bias against injured workers
I wish the facts as set forth in this piece were rare and uncommon, but I’d be lying if I said that there weren’t certain physicians in Alabama whom the workers’ compensation insurance carrier sends injured workers to see because they KNOW what the doctor will do and say. Physical Therapy will be ordered, the injured worker Read More
Read MoreAre Part-Time Employees Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Can I file for workers compensation benefits if I was only a part time employee? Through the years the Alabama Job Injury attorneys at Powell and Denny have spoken to numerous injured workers who thought that their work injury would not be covered under Alabama’s workers compensation laws because they were a part time employee. Read More
Read MoreWorkers’ Compensation: A Short History
Before the advent of workers’ compensation laws in the 1900s, this zoo employee would have been left on her own to deal with her injuries as working with a Tiger would most likely be considered an assumption of the risk and a legal defense to any legal action on her part. The law concerning compensation for Read More
Read MoreCan I take a new Job?
Yes. If a better job becomes available, you should always do what is best for you and your family. Having stated this, you should be aware of how changing jobs could affect your workers compensation claim. First, if you are off work due to a job injury and are drawing temporary total disability benefits (ttd), Read More
Read MoreWorkers’ Comp denied my Claim. What do I do?
If your claim for workers’ compensation benefits was denied, don’t give up. One of the reason for the denial of a legitimate workers’ compensation claim I hear is because the workers’ compensation adjuster says the job accident was not the cause for the injury; rather, it was caused by an old injury. As we Read More
Read MoreCan I be forced to see a New Doctor?
If you have suffered a work injury and are receiving costly treatment from your treating physician, chances are that at some point you will be contacted by the workers compensation claims adjuster and told that you have to see another doctor (called an independent medical examination or IME). It is not because the doctor caring Read More
Read MoreWhat do I do if my boss refuses to file Injury Report?
More often than you would think, we receive a call for a worker who was hurt at work who is complaining that their employer refuses to file an Injury Report. The reason most often given is that the injured workers’ boss simply does not believe that they are injured, but the reason behind why an Read More
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