Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation
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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The mythology surrounding employee fraud in worker's compensation is pervasive. Many of my clients begin their conversations with me indicating the following: "I'm not one of those folks faking their worker's compensation claim." The exaggerated media publicity...

A back injury suffered on the job can have long ranging symptoms that may affect your ability to work. A workers' comp lawyer can answer questions about a claim and assist with the filing process. The spine is made up of 24 vertebrae, which sit on top of each other...

Unfortunate news in the world of Wisconsin worker's compensation: the agreed-upon bill is dead. A post-mortem can be found at WisconsinWatch.org ("Titans clash, worker's comp changed die"). It is a near certainty that no changes to the worker's compensation law will...

I've been investigating Wisconsin and national fraud statistics in worker's compensation to prepare for a national presentation I am making in Cape Cod in July. One fascinating and recurring basis for denial of worker's comp claims (and potential claims against...