Whose side are they on, anyway? After a workplace accident, an injured worker has enough to worry about, like paying for food, rent, utilities, gas, etc., without having to worry about whether nurse case managers, the insurance company, or employer assigned to his case are interfering, or worse, setting him up for denial or termination…
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Every year around this time, the ABRAMS LANDAU workers’ comp team gets a notification that clients may be entitled to an increase in their weekly compensation checks, per yearly cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). They receive this “notification of possible COLA entitlement” so that clients can show proof that they are not receiving Social Security disability income…
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There is a lot of concern lately over the fact that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been drawing down its trust fund, and how much that will affect future Social Security benefits payments. This trust fund is the amount of money the SSA has to pay for programs such as Social Security Supplemental income…
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Can I change jobs if I am hurt at work? Workers compensation laws can get complicated, and downright dizzying when trying to follow the variations from state to state. This is one of those questions we are asked fairly regularly. The short answer is, yes, but it depends. If you are out of work with…
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In an unpublished decision by the Virginia Court of Appeals, a worker was killed while driving a company van, to an appointment with a customer, but denied Worker’s Compensation benefits. The appellate court ruled that counsel for the deceased worker, “failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that his injuries arose from an…
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