Under current Virginia Workers Compensation law, you cannot get a Temporary Total Disability (“TTD”) weekly check at the same time you are getting a full Permanency weekly check. A Permanency Award is given when an employee permanently loses the function of a body part or limb. Once the doctor writes that the patient has reached
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Not necessarily, notes Loudoun County workers’ comp lawyer Doug Landau. The insurance company nurses are not assigned to your case to render treatment or therapy or administer medications. Instead, these nurses very often are assigned to your file to save the insurance company money by limiting medical care, influencing the doctors to choose less expensive
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Can a worker whose fingers or toes are amputated because he or she could not read a machine’s instructions get workers’ compensation benefits? In workers’ comp cases, employers or their insurance company can win on the defense of “willful violation of a safety rule” only if they show the employee intended to break a known
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If you happen to visit the website for the restaurant The Daily Grill, you may notice an interesting legal disclaimer under the “Terms of Use” tab. There is a provision for Resolution of Disputes explained in the company’s Legal Notices. The notice states that by using its site, you agree to Forced Arbitration of any
Continue readingThere is no question that health care in the United States has its problems. Costs have risen drastically and access to — and quality of — medical care can be uneven, depending on where you live. Contributing to the high cost of medicine is the prevalence of lawsuits against medical providers. Doctors and other providers
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