Injured workers in Virginia are told that IF they are not getting Social Security Disability (“SSD”) payments, they may be eligible for an annual “Cost of Living Adjustment” to their weekly state Workers Compensation checks. This is because the law recognizes that with inflation, the buying power of $100 is not the same as it…
Continue readingApproximately 85-90% of all auto claims paid out are for property damage and not personal injury. Thankfully, this means that in most auto accidents the only thing hurt is a vehicle and not a person. But it also means that insurance carriers do everything they can to minimize the dollar amount they pay on out…
Continue readingFlorida Court upholds five-year limit on workers’ comp benefits. A law that limits workers’ compensation benefits to five years when an injured employee is 70 or older when a workplace accident occurs is constitutional, a Florida appeals court has ruled. See the article by Roberto Ceniceros in Business Insurance, 06/18/2012. As there are many senior citizens…
Continue readingAs the result of contamination, four people are dead after getting steroid injections into their spinal cords. This outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to contaminated spinal steroid injections in 5 states; Virginia, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee. According to news sources, the infections were traced to steroid injections (methylprednisolone acetate) made by…
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Meeting Richmond area clients to prepare them for their Workers Compensation claims at Bill’s Barbecue was something Doug Landau looked forward to during his Virginia Capitol road trips. Some clients felt more at home down the street from the Virginia Comp Commission headquarters. Because it had more of a homey feel than some sterile national…
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