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What Happens After You Reach Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI) in an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Case?

By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published April 20, 2026 | Posted in Workers Compensation | Tagged Tags: alabama workers compensation attorneys, FCE, impairment rating, maximum medical improvement, mmi, ppd, ptd, settlement, What Happens After You Reach Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI) in an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Case? |

What Happens After You Reach Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI) in an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Case? If you have been injured at work in Alabama, at some point your doctor may tell you that you have reached Maximum Medical Improvement, often referred to as MMI. This is a critical point in your workers’ compensation case, and Read More

How Long Does an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Case Take

By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published April 8, 2026 | Posted in Workers Compensation | Tagged Tags: Adger, al, alabama, alabama workers compensation attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, Anniston, appointment, Ashville, Athens, attorney, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham workers' compensation lawyers, Boaz, Brent, Brierfield, Calera, Centerpoint, Central Alabama Workers' Compensation Attorneys, Centreville, Clanton, contact, Cordova, Cullman, Decatur, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, Florence, free consultation, Ft. Payne, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, help, hoover workers compensation lawyers, How Long Does an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Case Take, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville workers compensation attorneys, injury, Jasper, Kimberly, Lakeview, lawyer, Leeds, Madison, maximum medical improvement, medical, mmi, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, New Hope, no fee, North Alabama Workers Compensation Lawyers, Opelika, Pelham, Phenix City, physical therapy, Powell and Denny, restrictions, Scottsboro, settle, settlement, superior, surgery, Tarrant City, Tennessee Valley Workers' Compensation Lawyers, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, treatmetn, trial, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, virtual, We Work When You Can't, West Blocton, Woodstock, work, workers compensation |

How Long Does an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Case Take? One of the most common questions we hear from injured workers is “How long will my workers’ compensation case take?” The honest answer is, it depends. Some cases resolve in a matter of months, while others can take years. The timeline largely depends on the nature Read More

Can I Refuse Medical Treatment

By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published September 15, 2021 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, al, alabama, alabama workers compensation attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, Anniston, appointment, Ashville, Athens, attorney, attorneys, authorice, back, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham workers' compensation lawyers, Boaz, Calera, Can I Refuse Medical Treatment, Centerpoint, central alabama, Central Alabama Workers' Compensation Attorneys, Clanton, Cordova, Cullman, Decatur, Dothan, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, Florence, free consultation, Ft. Payne, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, Heflin, hoover, hoover workers compensation lawyers, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville workers compensation attorneys, injury, Jasper, job injury, Kimberly, laws, lawyer, lawyers, Leeds, Madison, martindale hubbard, maximum medical improvement, meniscus, mmi, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, New Hope, north alabama, North Alabama Workers Compensation Lawyers, Opelika, Pelham, Phenix City, physician, Powell and Denny, questions, reasonable, rights, Scottsboro, superior, surgery, Tarrant City, Tennessee Valley Workers' Compensation Lawyers, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, treatment, Trussville, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, unreasonable, virtual, We Work When You Can't, workers comp, workers compensation, zoom |

Can I Refuse Medical Treatment Can I Refuse Medical Treatment? There is a good bit of information on the web about what to do if the workers compensation insurance carrier refuses to authorize the medical treatment your treating physician says you need (we have written our fair share), but what about the situation where the Read More

Alabama Workers’ Compensation Terminology

By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published December 29, 2020 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: al, alabama, alabama workers compensation attorneys, Alabama Workers' Compensation Terminology, appointment, attorney, average weekly wage, benefits, best, birmingham workers' compensation lawyers, contact, experienced, free consultation, huntsville workers compensation attorneys, impairment rating, lawyer, martindale hubbard, mmi, panel of four, Powell and Denny, ptd, questions, right, superior, terminology, top, tpd, ttd, virtual, vocational, We Work When You Can't, workers compensation, zoom |

Alabama Workers’ Compensation Terminology If you have suffered a serious job injury, during the pendency of your Alabama workers’ compensation claim you will come across terms and abbreviations with which you are probably unfamiliar. With this in mind, following is an excerpt from a handout we used in a meeting with a local union on Read More

The ABCs of Workers Compensation

By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published September 11, 2020 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, al, alabama, alabama workers compensation attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, Anniston, appointment, Ashville, Athens, attorney, benefits, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham workers' compensation lawyers, Boaz, Calera, Centerpoint, Clanton, Cordova, COVID, Cullman, Decatur, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, FCE, Florence, free consultation, Ft. Payne, Functional capacity evaluation, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville workers' comepnsation attorneys, ime, independent medical examination, Jasper, Kimberly, lawyer, Leeds, Madison, martindale hubbard, maximum medical improvement, mediation, mmi, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, New Hope, Opelika, pandemic, panel of four, Pelham, permanent total, Phenix City, Powell and Denny, PT, question, right, Scottsboro, superior, Tarrant City, temporary partial, temporary total, The ABCs of Workers Compensation, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, tpd, ttd, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, VE, virtual, vocational expert, We Work When You Can't, workers compensation, zoom |

The ABCs of Workers Compensation Workers’ compensation is a unique set of laws in Alabama, with different rules and procedures from general tort law. As such, workers compensation has developed its own linguistics and phraseology that can be confusing to lawyers who do not emphasize workers’ compensation claims in their practice-more so for injured workers. Read More

Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (15) What if I have a permanent injury as the result of my job injury?

By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published October 29, 2019 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: al, alabama, alabama job injury, alabama job injury attorneys, alabama workers compensation, alabama workers compensation attorneys, attorneys, best, Birmingham, birmingham workers' compensation lawyers, experienced, huntsville, huntsville workers compensation attorneys, I have a permanent injury, impairment, insurance, job injury, lawyers, maximum medical improvement, medical benefits, mmi, permanent, permanent injury, Powell and Denny, questions, scheduled injuries, top, unscheduled injuries. pain, We Work When You Can't, workers compensation |

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

Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (14) What does MMI mean?

By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published October 25, 2019 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: al, alabama, alabama workers compensation attorneys, alabama workers' comp attorneys, attorneys, benefits, best, Birmingham, birmingham workers' compensation lawyers, experienced, huntsville, huntsville workers compensation attorneys, injured worker, lawyers, mmi, Powell and Denny, questions, top, ttd, we work when you can't maximum medical improvement, what does mmi mean, workers comp |

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

Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (13) What are TPD Benefits?

By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published October 23, 2019 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: al, alabama, alabama workers compensation, alabama workers compensation attorneys, alabama workers' comp attorneys, attorneys, benefits, best, Birmingham, birmingham workers' compensation lawyers, check, experienced, huntsville, huntsville workers compensation attorneys, injured at work, injured worker, job injury, lawyers, maximum medical improvement, mmi, Powell and Denny, questions, temporary partial disability, top, tpd, tpd benefits, ttd, We Work When You Can't, workers compensation |

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

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