When there is inflation, and prices go up, what happens to my workers compensation payments ? Does my comp check stay the same every year that I am out of work ? NO. Under Virginia law, if you are not receiving Social Security Disability Income payments (“SSDI”), then you may be qualified for Cost of…
Continue readingSome jobs are more dangerous than others. Working around the Metro trains, buses, tracks and repair garages exposes workers in Dc, Maryland and Virginia to significant risks of injury. News reports this month indicate that the DC area’s Metropolitan transportation workers are getting hurt on the job more often than their counterparts at other transit…
Continue readingThe Virginia Workers Compensation law generally does not allow lawsuits between co-workers, and it definitely protects employers from any responsibility for workplace injury claims, except in the case of sexual assaults. However, Connecticut law allows lawsuits against coworkers for automobile related claims, and against the employer for willful and wanton misconduct, or where the negligence…
Continue readingWe have all seen scenes from depositions. The story in the recent hit movie “The Social Network” is told in large part through the FaceBook founder’s disastrous deposition testimony. The process of filing a lawsuit and seeing it all the way through trial after a car crash, truck accident or slip and fall can at…
Continue readingTraveling on the Beltway home from another successful Disability case, I was struck by how many car crashes I saw in the vicinity of the I-495, I-95 and I-66 Interstate corridors. Are there particular ramps or area that are more dangerous than others on the DC area interstate highways ? With all the coverage of…
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