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I joined WILG in its 1995 inaugural year. At those early conferences, my colleagues around the nation were battling workers' comp "deform," and engaged in political battles in their respective states, lobbying legislators on behalf of injured workers' rights. I...

Very interesting NY Times piece on the "gig economy," where millions of Americans work as contractors or temporary employees, along a corresponding increase in voters' economic anxieties ahead of next year's election. The full article is here. In our practice, we are...

Injured workers who have been denied benefits by Travelers, The Hartford, AIG, Liberty Mutual, and Berkshire Hathaway will be pleased to know those five insurance carriers are industry leaders in writing premiums for employers. Travelers has received $3,840,000,000...

I have written often about the public's perception that workers file fraudulent claims in workers' compensation. The public perception (which ranges from one in ten to approximately one in three) is completely erroneous. The actual statistics indicate the incidence of...

Mark my words, Scott Walker will use his attempts to revamp and revise Wisconsin's workers' compensation system in his national campaign for the presidency in 2016. He will tout attempts at "increased efficiency" and cost cutting when, in fact, these efforts are...

Tom Domer just published an article "A Comparison of Wisconsin and Minnesota Workers' Compensation Claims" in the William Mitchell Law Review. The article was prompted by calls from Minnesota colleagues asking whether Wisconsin or Minnesota jurisdiction would be...

Workers in the coffee industry face potentially harmful lung exposure. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a comprehensive article ("Gasping for Action" ) highlighting the negative health effects resulting from a chemical-diacetyl-released during the coffee...

Ever since the Administration's initial proposed Budget Bill on February 3, 2015, the status of Wisconsin's worker's compensation system has been in doubt. With a recent compromise agreement, we now have a bit of clarity moving forward, yet many questions remain....

"I thought their doctor Independent Medical Report was the last word on my case. I didn't know any better." This statement from a client I just met sums up the experience of many injured workers unfamiliar with the workers' compensation process in Wisconsin (and many...

When I began representing injured workers at a labor law firm in the 1970s, over one-third of the workforce was unionized. Almost all the workers I represented earned the maximum amount allowable to trigger the maximum workers' compensation benefit in the event they...