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Alabama 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 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 Workers Compensation Questions: (13) What are TPD Benefits?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (13) What are TPD Benefits? Temporary Partial Disability (TPD) Benefits is the name give to the workers’ compensation check an injured worker receives during the period of time they are unable to work full time (or earn the same wages that they did prior to their job injury) due to a Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (11) I want a second opinion about whether I need surgery:
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (11) I want a second opinion about whether I need surgery: If you work in Alabama and have suffered a job injury, you are most likely entitled to benefits under Alabama’s Workers’ Comp law. Part of your rights under our Worker’ Compensation Law includes your right to medical treatment. As we Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (10) What if I don’t like the company doctor I am being sent to for treatment?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (10) What if I don’t like the company doctor I am being sent to for treatment? Under Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation law, a person injured at work is free to see whomever he or she wants for treatment of their job injury, but generally the workers’ compensation insurance carrier is not obligated Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (9) Does Workers Comp have to pay for all of my medical treatment?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (9) Does Workers Comp have to pay for all of my medical treatment? As we discussed in our last blog, your employer’s workers compensation insurance carrier has to pay for any and all medical treatment which is reasonable and necessary given your injuries. Unfortunately, in the past few years getting the Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (8) Am I free to see my own doctor for treatment?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (8) After suffering a job injury, am I free to see my own doctor for treatment? If you work in Alabama and have suffered a job injury, you are most likely entitled to benefits under Alabama’s Workers’ Comp Law. Part of your rights under our Worker’ Compensation Law includes your medical Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (7) What if I was off the clock when I was injured?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (7) What if I was off the clock when I was injured? While the majority of job injuries occur while the injured worker was “on the clock,” it is not a mandatory requirement that the employee be clocked in prior to suffering their job injury. In Alabama, an injured employee’s “’employment Read More
Read MoreAlabama Worker Compensation Questions: (6) Preexisting condition
Alabama Worker Compensation Questions: (6) I was told that I was not entitled to workers comp benefits because of a preexisting condition: I could not count the number of times I have had a client come in who was injured at work, but was informed that workers’ comp was refusing to accept liability because 20 Read More
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