Recent Posts in Workers' Compensation Category
Posted on May 6, 2011 By Chad Hemmat
Consider a case where an employee is horribly injured on the job (due in large part to the employee's own negligence) and his employer didn't carry worker's compensation insurance. Sounds ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
After five months of being seen for your workers' compensation injury, despite little improvement in your condition, the doctor hands you a sheet of paper telling you that you are now discharged from ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
Ok, in truth, I thought this was a cool sounding title for an article. In reality, sometimes you will have no choice but to accept “no” for answer. However, on average the number of attorneys that our ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
Often, an employee who has been injured on the job will later find out that his employer is alleging that the injuries were due to the employee violating a safety rule. This type of defense is ...
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Posted on Mar 10, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
A Familiar Story A salesman for a manufacturing company has an early morning customer meeting and needs to swing by his office to pick up updated order forms. His regular days in the office are ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2009 By Chad Hemmat
So you get injured, it's not your fault, and you decide it's time to call a lawyer and get some advice. The lawyer starts off very politely, almost likeable. But at some point in the middle of the ...
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Posted on Mar 6, 2009 By Chad Hemmat
Workers' Compensation law in Colorado can be both unusual and even illogical at times. Injuring oneself lifting a heavy equipment at work, or cutting one's hand on the job are traditional workers' ...
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Posted on Jan 22, 2009 By Chad Hemmat
There are a lot of occupations that require driving as part of the job. Some of those jobs include bus drivers and truck drivers. But, other jobs involving some driving include utility workers, ...
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