A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute(WCRI) indicates trust or mistrust in the work relationship plays a significant role in the outcome of a workers' compensation claim. In a recent benchmark study in Iowa by WCRI, almost four out of ten...
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Refusing Medicaid Expansion Could Hurt Wisconsin Financially
Check out this brief article about the financial impact for states that are refusing Medicaid expansion. The summary: "In other words, the non-expansion states really are shooting themselves in the foot. They're enrolling fewer people, but paying more to do it. They...
CRPS : Systemic Injury?
This blog previously discussed the legal issues related to workers suffering from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Under Wisconsin law, there is a vast difference (in effect and value) for an injury to a worker's "body as a whole" (spine, head) versus a limb...
Retaliation / Refusal to Rehire in Worker’s Compensation
If an employer terminates an employee because of a work injury, or unreasonably refuses to rehire the employee after a compensable work injury, a penalty of up to one year's lost wages applies. The purpose of Wisconsin's statute is to prevent discrimination against...
Cost Shifting: Worker’s Compensation Dirty Little Secret
Today I taught worker's compensation "Offsets" in the course I teach at Marquette Law School. The students were aghast at the amount of "cost shifting" that occurs in worker's compensation: that is, medical costs paid by a variety of sources other than worker's...
Health Care Testing: A New Frontier for Worker’s Comp
As a worker's compensation lawyer, I see many news stories through the prism of how the news event or trend will affect injured workers in the worker's compensation system. A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that Honeywell, Inc. can begin penalizing workers who...
Charlie & Tom Domer Named to 2014 Wisconsin Super Lawyers List
Charlie Domer and Tom Domer have both been recognized as 2014 Wisconsin Super Lawyers! Together, the father and son duo team at Domer Law exclusively practices Wisconsin worker's compensation law, where they continually strive to maximize the benefits for Wisconsin's...
Despite Nationwide Attack on Benefits, Wisconsin Has It Good.
Benefits for injured workers are under attack in many- if not all- states around this country. As a member of the Worker's Injury and Law and Advocacy Group (WILG), I attended a national conference recently regarding the status of worker's compensation systems and...
That’s Not Fair!
"That's not fair!" I continually receive this response when I tell an injured worker that they cannot sue their employer based on their work injury and its effects. Despite the media barrage many workers equate worker's compensation with personal injury law. The...
Low Wage Jobs are on the Rise
Those of us representing injured workers have recognized a trend in recent years affirmed by a new study by University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Professor Mark Levine. His study indicates jobs in low wage occupations have increased substantially since 2000, with that...