Many misgivings abound concerning what happens when an injured worker wins or settles their accident case. A recent question was, “In Maryland Workers Compensation (“WC”) claims where the disabled,...
Category: Workers Compensation
How Long Do Workers’ Comp Benefits Last?
March 9, 2013
Anyone who has been injured on the job and is collecting workers’ compensation (WC) benefits, sooner or later, will ask the question — how long can I stay on workers’ comp? In Virginia, weekly wage loss...
Right To Work
March 1, 2013
Virginia used to be one of only a handful of “right to work” states — states in which employees can choose whether or not to join and financially support unions. This status contributed to the...
Workers’ Comp and Personal Injury Claims in one Case?
February 23, 2013
It is not terribly uncommon for a single case to result in both a workers’ compensation claim AND a personal injury claim. Consider the following example: A Virginia delivery driver is injured in an auto accident while...
Double Arm Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital
February 20, 2013
Who could have missed the recent inspirational story about the quadruple-amputee, 26-year-old war veteran Brendan Marrocco, who underwent successful double arm transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore? ...