Category Archives: Workers Compensation

During more that 30 years of helping injured workers collect full workers’ compensation benefits, I have seen others make common mistakes that cost them a lot of money. I discuss 15 of these errors below. By recognizing and avoiding these common errors, I am confident that you will be in a better position to collect more money for your claim. To help you avoid these mistakes, I have c......

When you buy workers compensation insurance for your business it is important to realize that your employees will not be contributing, or helping you to pay the premiums. This is an insurance expense that you as the employer are required by law to carry. It should simply be viewed as a cost of doing business if you have employees. As a business owner, the fact that the expense for this insur......

Workplaces and factories are a common venue for accidents to occur. It is then that people might take up the workers compensation law to their rescue. St Louis workers compensation lawyer helps you get justice if you have been wrongly treated at your work place. Accidents can also happen at your workplace, or even on the roads and elsewhere. For such situations, St Louis accident lawyer is t......

Workers’ compensation refers to insurance provided to employees through their employer to cover medical expenses or any loss in the course of employment, workplace accident or the like. In California, employers need to carry Worker’s Compensation Insurance or qualify for self-insurance to cover any type of injuries or loss in the workplace. Work related injuries refer to carpal t......

An employee if he meets any accident and suffers an injury at workplace is entitled to receive compensations. The compensation benefits include medical expenses coverages. Apart from the medical expense, he is also entitled to get financial benefit when he is under medical treatment. Compensation should be given to the employee, if he is not capable to return to the workplace and work becaus......

St. Louis workers compensation lawyer: An introduction – Having an idea of the workers compensation law is a necessity for the professionals. The law varies from one state to another. For example, the existing laws of compensation in the state of St. Louis widely vary from that of Virginia. So the workers in St. Louis should build up transparent idea about the compensation benefits as ......

Are you looking to find workers compensation insurance for your business but don’t know where to begin looking? Well this is a problem many business owners run into as they think it is much more complicated then it is. There are many online business associations available to help you get the right compensation insurance that will match your businesses needs and expectations. Depending ......

Let’s start at the very beginning: Just what is an Iowa workers’ compensation case? A workers’ compensation case is any type of claim where a person has been injured or killed while on the job. The legal requirement is that the work injury arose out of and in the course of employment. The law does not require that a person is compensated for every work injury. You must p......

In 1913, the Iowa Legislature passed the law creating Iowa’s workers’ compensation system. When the law was passed, there was a trade-off made between employers and employees. While an employee does not have to prove fault or negligence like they would in a car accident case for example, the trade-off is that the employee’s damages are limited. In an Iowa workers’ ......

This article is made available for educational purposes only, to give you general information and a general understanding of the law, not to provide specific legal advice. This should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state. An injured employee covered by workers’ compensation is entitled to medical treatment at the emp......