Workers' Compensation Lawyer Articles

Reporting Preexisting Conditions: A Model

This is the third in a 3-part series on preexisting conditions. If your patient’s work injury has combined with a preexisting condition, your opinion on whether the work injury caused 51% or more of your patient’s disability or need for treatment (“major contributing cause”) may determine whether your patient receives Workers’ Compensation benefits. How should … Read more

“Voc Rehab” Under Workers’ Comp

If you’ve ever advised a patient with a permanently restricting work injury to “re-train, “you may very well have learned that this is easier said than done!   There are myriads of rules affecting the decision whether a worker is entitled to “vocational assistance” and, if so, what form this assistance will take. Rules vary … Read more