Pre-Litigation Questions/Answers
- When must the insurance company start my benefits if I cannot work?
- Who determines how much weekly disability money (TTD) I am supposed to receive when I am out of work?
- Can I draw unemployment and workers' compensation at the same time?
- If the workers' compensation insurance company denies my claim for benefits can I use my group insurance? Who pays the co-pays and deductibles?
- Why do the workers' compensation doctors not want to give me my medical records during my treatment of my injuries?
- What is a PPD rating? If I have a rating is it going to give me some additional money? When will that happen?
Litigation questions/answers
- Why has my case been postponed so many time?
- What are assessed attorney fees and does an assessment free me of paying my attorney?
- What if the insurance company lawyer want to interview or have a meeting with my treating physician in my workers' compensation injury claim?
- Must the Judge favor my long time doctor and his opinion over an insurance doctor who has seen me only one time?
- Does a return to light and restricted work end your workers' compensation claim?
- What do I need to bring to a Settlement Mediation?
- What does a lawyer need to bring to a Settlement Mediation?
- Is that a fair offer of Settlement?
Medical questions/answers
- What if I have an aggravation of an underlying congenital condition due to a job injury?
- What is a total disc replacement?
- Should I take the advice of the Nurse Case Manager assigned to case by the insurance company?