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WORKERS COMPENSATION THUMB INJURY
Nothing to thumb your nose at! In a very recent case Attorneys at the Mintz Law Firm obtained a very favorable settlement for a client who was hurt on the job. Like almost every case you try to go at alone the insurance company will offer you next to nothing for your injuries, pain [...]
WORKERS COMPENSATION ACCIDENT
Paralyzed! Every so often you get a case that makes you want to cry because of the underlying circumstances. This is one of those stories involving a Workers Compensation case. Our client was a young male with a wife and three children, and he was an illegal alien. They lived in an apartment in [...]
WORKERS COMPENSTAION PART 4
MEDICAL TREATMENT AND SUBROGATION Any party who has a work-related injury and is treating through workers compensation should not incur any medical expenses, or out-of-pocket expenses. All treatment sessions, prescriptions, and costs going to and from appointments should be picked up by workers compensation. If the injured party is treating with doctors provided by workers [...]
WORKERS COMPENSATION PART 3
PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY Permanent partial disability benefits also are a benefit covered in workers compensation claims. Permanent partial disability benefits are paid out at the end of a workers compensation claim once the injured worker is at what the law calls “maximum medical improvement” meaning that doctors have exhausted their remedies and there is nothing [...]
Colorado Workers Compensation Laws part 2
Temporary and Total Disability One of the benefits to which an injured worker is entitled an are temporary total disability benefits, which are paid out while the Workers Compensation claim is ongoing. This means that if the workers compensation doctor completely restricts the injured worker from working, or puts on light duty restrictions with which [...]
Colorado Workers Compensation Law
WORKERS COMPENSATION IS NO-FAULT Claims made in connection with injuries incurred at work under the Colorado workers compensation system differ from other types of injury cases because there is no need to prove that the injury was caused as the result of the fault or negligence of another person or entity. This means that an [...]
Contentious Lawsuit in Motorcycle Accident Heads to Sacramento Jury
We found this article very interesting. We did not write it. We just re-posted it. A Sacramento Superior Court jury is attempting to decide who is responsible for a motorcycle accident that left a passenger with brain injuries – Harley-Davidson and one of its dealers or the driver who crashed the motorcycle. The contentious issue [...]
Uninsured motorist coverage vs. Underinsured motorist coverage
Uninsured motorist coverage vs. underinsured motorist coverage This week we are going to talk about underinsured and uninsured motorist coverage. We will look at why this coverage is important to have and how these provisions can be utilized in the event that you are in an accident. Since these coverages are not expensive but are [...]
Case Closed
On December 6th, associate attorney Robin Scully obtained a very favorable settlement under some very tough circumstances. The case arose out of a late night rollover car accident in Adams County. Mintz Law Firm’s client (our “Client”) was with 3 friends at a house party in the early hours of May 30th, 2010. One of [...]
Workers Compensation 101
The intersection of Workers Compensation claims with 3rd party claims against the out fault person arising from the scene incident. A great number of injuries occur while the tort victim is on the job. While the Workers compensation act barrs claims against employers, and co-employees it does allow a claim against an at fault person [...]
