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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Legal difficulties in Wisconsin
Complex regional pain syndrome (formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy) can be a catastrophic disability for an injured worker. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a pain condition that can affect specific body parts after an injury, with some nasty...
What you need to know about the Adams v. Northland case
A case recently decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court could change the landscape of workers' compensation cases throughout the state. Background The case - Adams v. Northland et. al - involved a worker injured while performing his duties as a snowplow driver for the...
Worker’s Compensation Benefits Increase; Employers Costs Historically Low
A new study released by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) indicates worker's compensation benefits rose by 1.3% to $61.9 billion in 2012 while employer costs rose by 6.9% to $83.2 billion. Even though total benefits and costs increased in 2012, worker's...
Death Of A Client
The circle of life always moves forward, with death as the single, inevitable constant. Despite that knowledge, I am always taken aback when I receive word that one of my clients has passed away. Unfortunately, this happens on numerous occasions throughout the year....
Courthouse Door Slammed Shut for Workers
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that an injured worker can be forced to accept an offer from a third-party if his employer's worker's compensation carrier wants to accept the deal, even if the injured worker wants to try to the case in court. I was interviewed by...
Major Cargill Plant in Milwaukee Shuts Doors: Work Comp Impact
A major Milwaukee employer shut its doors last week. Cargill, which had run a beef processing plant south of downtown, shut down the facility-resulting in the loss of 600 jobs! (The Journal Sentinel ran a story documentating the devastation to the workforce: Bitter...
Don’t Demean FMLA Leave
Workers do not have many rights. It's an unfortunate mantra I recite to many of my injured worker clients. Of course, union protections exist in certain settings. Protections against discrimination and harassment exist if unlawful conduct occurs. However, in most...
“Coming and Going” Rule Revisited
The Kansas Supreme Court has just reversed a State Appeals Court finding that an oil field worker was not entitled to worker's compensation benefits after he was injured while riding home from his workplace. The case is David C. Williams v. Petromark Drilling, LLC and...
Bad Time to be a Disability Lawyer
I passed through Customs after a trip to Europe this week and explained to the Customs official that I represented injured workers. His first comment to me was "How 'bout those guys that are scamming the system?" I attempted to provide the disclaimer to his notion...