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Once again, Tom Domer and Charlie Domer have been recognized in Best Lawyers in America. Both Charlie and Tom are listed in The Best Lawyers for "Worker's Compensation Law-Claimants." Charlie and Tom, along with the entire team at Domer Law, strive daily to fight for...

Working in law enforcement is an inherently dangerous profession, but one study found those who work overnight may have an increased injury risk. Working in law enforcement is an inherently dangerous profession for people in Wisconsin, and elsewhere. According to the...

The recently-passed Budget Bill in Wisconsin contains changes to the structure of Wisconsin's nationally recognized worker's compensation system. We previously discussed the proposed changes in the following blog posts: Let's Keep Wisconsin's Worker's Compensation...

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...