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Consequences of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
In my almost 30 years of experience representing victims of work place injuries, I have handled quite a few cases involving TBI. Cases involving traumatic brain injury can be complex and...
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Your Rights After an Injury at Work
Everyone asks me “What are my rights?” I typically get this question at least once a week. There are some rights of injured workers that are simple easy things to understand (like the right to hire an...
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I think I’m being followed!!!
“Can they do this?” “What should I do?” “This is ridiculous!” These are a lot of the questions and comments I hear from injured workers calling my office about the possibility of a private...
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What it takes to open a new law firm
Since the break of dawn, inspired entrepreneurs will go out and open their own places of business. From your lawn keeper to your hair saloons, there are new businesses popping up all over this great...
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Injuries at work can sometimes lead to prescription drug addiction
Workers’ who have had an injury severe enough to warrant the use of narcotic pain killers for an extended period of time are at risk for becoming dependent on these powerful substances that can...
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2013 Workers’ Compensation Fraud – A multimillion dollar scam in West Virginia
An insurance agent for BrickStreet Mutual Insurance was found to be taking bribes in exchange for allowing some of his policy holders in the coal mining industry in West Virginia to underreport their...
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What is Your Average Weekly Wage?
People who get injured at work and are receiving workers’ compensation benefits are paid based on the Average Weekly Wage or AWW. This is the legal tem for the wages earned 1 year prior to the injury....
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Workers’ Compensation Terms – Part 4 – Insurance and Voc Rehab Lingo
When you are dealing with a work injury there are also several terms that are used when you deal with the workers’ compensation insurance company or doing vocational rehab. Read on and get familiar...
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Workers’ Compensation Terms – Part 5 – Other Lingo
Several terms that are not necessarily workers’ compensation terms can also be thrown in the mix when you are injured at work. I have provided these because they are terms a lot of my clients have...
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Workers’ Compensation Terms – Part 5 – Other Lingo (Continued)
Remember folks – These additional benefits can affect your workers’ compensation claim in Virginia so if you have applied or even if you are thinking of applying for these benefits, consult your...
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