District of Columbia, United States District Court Government Building – Premises Liability – Settlement Settlement: $40,000, including a reduction of a worker’s compensation lien. Judge: Royce C. Lamberth...
Category: Workers Compensation
“Employee” or “Independent Contractor” for purposes of Virginia Workers Compensation benefits ?
October 8, 2007
Doug Landau has been involved in a number of cases that turn on the question of whether the injured worker is an “Employee” or an “Independent Contractor.” Sometimes this question is not as easy as it sounds. At...
Workers Compensation claims and the Social Security Medicare Coordination of Benefits (COB) section
October 6, 2007
With the advent of the Medicare Coordination of Benefits (COB) section, counsel for the claimants must consider and work with Medicare issues in nearly every Workers Compensation settlement. COB’s mandate, to enforce...
Settlement of Workers Compensation (“WC”) Claim when Medicare’s Interests are in issue:
October 4, 2007
The following is an outline of considerations with regard to the receipt of Medicare benefits by workers compensation claimants pre- and post-settlement. The Centers for Medical and Medicare Services (“CMS”) and Medicare...
Worker disabled from 2 causes can still win case
October 3, 2007
An ABRAMS LANDAU client who was partially disabled after back surgery relocated to California from Maryland. She then had a brain aneurysm which rendered her totally disabled. When the Insurance Company tried to cut off her...