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Seasonal work like construction is picking up as the Wisconsin spring slowly arrives. Road work, sidewalk and median maintenance, and new building construction will soon be underway throughout the area. Given the physical nature of the job and the heavy machinery...
Temporary Help Employees Can Sue Their Employers? .... Well, maybe not. The Wisconsin Court of Appeals considered the following issue: can a temporary help employee who was injured at work elect not to pursue a worker's compensation claim and, instead, actually sue...
Wisconsin's workers' compensation laws can be difficult to understand. If you've been hurt in the course of employment, however, confusion about the benefits you're entitled to receive can only serve to aggravate your injury. With that in mind, here are answers to...
My friend and colleague Len Jernigan has again compiled the Top 10 Workers' Compensation Fraud Cases for 2017. His results emphasize a theme that has been present for the last dozen years during which he has been compiling a "Top 10" list. This year the Top 10...
In a new study by Insureon, less than 1 in 5 small businesses carry workers' compensation. Although all State regulations require that small businesses have workers' compensation, this study indicates that workers' compensation is the least purchased insurance by...
Wisconsin's unique workers' compensation system contains one significant distinction, between "limb" injuries and "spine" injuries. Limb injuries (shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees) are not worth as much to the injured worker as a spine injury. To illustrate this...
Was your worker's compensation claim just denied by an "independent" medical evaluator? You are not alone. Following a work injury, the insurance company legally can require the injured worker's attendance with an independent medical evaluator, or IME. The IME doctor...
Doctor choice. And choice of treatment. The Wisconsin way. Unlike systems in other states, an injured worker in Wisconsin has access to their own doctor and what that doctor recommends for medical care. Wisconsin does not have specific directed care or a panel of...
As a workers' compensation attorney, I tend to view current events through the prism of their effect on workers and more specifically injured workers. The Trump Administration has rolled back his predecessor's strides in environment, labor and finance, civil rights,...
Injured workers commonly ask whether they are being paid the correct amount of workers' compensation benefits. The question usually pertains to the weekly lost time benefits paid during while healing after an injury. It is a question I take seriously as the weekly...
