Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation
Law Blog

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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!" 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...

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...