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January 6, 2020
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Can I still bring a claim for workers compensation benefits if I did not immediately file an injury report? First off, it is not an accident report that is to be filed, it is an INJURY report. This is not just a matter of semantics. Per Alabama law, employers are to file an injury report Read More
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January 2, 2020
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The High Cost of Workers Comp Alabama Workers Compensation Lawyers The High Cost of Workers Comp: Earlier this month I spoke on the the phone with one of my workers compensation clients; they informed me that the stress and financial problems he and his family have been forced to go through during the pendency of Read More
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William Powell of Powell & Denny
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December 23, 2019
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What should I do if my boss told me to use my own insurance? We have heard this a lot through the years-I heard it again just last week. A worker suffers a job injury and informs their boss of this fact as they are supposed to do; then, the injured workers’ boss asks them Read More
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William Powell of Powell & Denny
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December 19, 2019
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Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (35) Can I use my own insurance to receive medical treatment? Generally, NO. Alabama law dictates that your employer has to report a job injury. This is not open for interpretation; at this point your claim should be turned over to your employers’ workers’ compensation insurance carrier. In order to use Read More
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December 18, 2019
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Workplace Injury – Psychological Problems Five months ago, an armed utilities engineer went on a shooting rampage inside the Virginia Beach Municipal Complex. 12 persons were killed, but hundreds more were injured-both physically and mentally. Five months later, 450 city employees have filed for workers’ compensation benefits related to the shooting. The mountain of claims represents Read More
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December 17, 2019
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Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (34) Am I entitled to Money for Pain and Suffering? No. Workers who have experienced job injuries are entitled to those benefits set forth in Alabama’s Workers Compensation Statue and only those benefits prescribed by the Legislature; pain and suffering is not one such benefit. In Alabama, if a worker has Read More
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William Powell of Powell & Denny
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December 13, 2019
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Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (33) Am I entitled to a Settlement? Am I entitled to a Settlement? At the outset, when we are just meeting with a potential client, we go ahead and discuss settlement. No, we have no idea what type of figures we will be dealing with or how long it may take Read More
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December 6, 2019
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Misrepresentation of previous medical problems Misrepresentation of previous medical problems: Through the years we have been practicing, our attorneys have had occasion to speak with injured workers who called to complain that their workers compensation claim was being denied because the workers compensation insurance carrier claimed that they had misrepresented a medical condition in their Read More
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December 6, 2019
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Colorado Ski School Workers Most at Risk for On-The-Job Injuries The other day I was reviewing articles covering workers compensation and Social Security Disability issues-as is my wont-when I came across an article that stated that ski instructors in Colorado were the workers most apt to suffer some type of job injury. Living in Alabama, I Read More
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William Powell of Powell & Denny
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December 4, 2019
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Alabama Workers Compensation Law Why You Should Care Alabama Workers Compensation Law Why You Should Care: Recent news reports and government studies have shown how workers compensation benefits have been repeatedly cut in the past few years, as States sacrifice the health and wealth of injured workers in hope of getting more business to their Read More
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