Under Virginia Workers comp law, the injured worker has the burden of proof to show that they are actively and reasonably taking steps to find light duty employment after a workplace injury. Just like a victim injured in a car crash, an injured worker in Virginia must show that they took reasonable action to “mitigate…
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Temporary Transitional Employment (“TTE”), otherwise known as “Alternative Modified Work, “is a trend that is gaining traction in the insurance industry. Under this scheme, the employer, their Workers Comp insurance company &/or their Third Party Administrator (“TPA”) make an offer to a disabled worker of light duty work that appears to be within their doctors’…
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Critical to making sure that you are recovering from surgery after a major injury at work is educating your doctors what you actually did at work. . Most medical doctors have gone through many years of schooling, and very few of them have done construction work or heavy manual labor. Herndon Worker’s Compensation Lawyer Doug…
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Clients often confuse acute and chronic injuries, assuming that they are interchangeable. Knowing the difference can be vital in making or breaking cases. . So what’s the difference? . An acute injury is a sudden change in the body’s anatomy. If you were able to move your arm with ease, and then were involved in…
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New parents take all sorts of precautions to keep cleansers away from small children because of the potential for harmful chemical burns, blindness, permanent scarring, and death. Similarly, adults try to handle caustic cleaning products carefully. However, there are instances where such cleansers are unsafely stored or “mixed up,” and these events can result in…
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