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Be wary of slick marketing ploys used by many attorneys. Just because a lawyer has a flashy website or a bus wrapped with his image does not mean his office has the experience and expertise to actually effectively represent you. You would be surprised how many of these marketing masters call or e...

In settlements where the future medical is going to be closed as part of the settlement the following must be considered: CLASS I BENEFICIARY Claimant is considered a Class I Medicare beneficiary if: a) Claimant is 65 years or older; b) Claimant has been on SSDI for 24 months or longer; or c) Cla...

In Q1 of 2015 our office has resolved and settled a great number of high value worker's compensation claims. We have also been blessed to take on several important new cases both directly and on referral from other Connecticut Attorneys who trust us for our 30 years of experience in Connecticut ...

An injury at work can happen suddenly, such as lifting a heavy object, a blow to the head, a fall from a ladder, or a construction site accident. Usually there is little question that these types of injuries should be covered by workers' compensation. However, workers' comp insurance companies fr...

There are times you may be hurt on the job and you don't need a lawyer. Really. Sometimes your employer and their insurer will do the right thing and your claim will go quite smoothly. Othertimes, unfortunately it will not. My general rules of thumb as to whether or not you need a lawyer are: 1. ...

Pursuant to Section 31-280b, Chairman John A. Mastropietro has appointed Commissioners Randy L. Cohen and Stephen M. Morelli to sit as panel members on appeals before the Compensation Review Board for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2015.

Is your lawyer a "known commodity?" When pursuing a work injury claim in Connecticut it goes a long way if your employer's worker's comp insurance company is familiar with the track record of you lawyer. I have been handling worker's comp claims in Connecticut since 1986. I am known to worker's ...

March 9, 2015 - WorkCompWire Hopkinton, MA – Researchers with the Liberty Mutual Research Institute's Center for Injury Epidemiology have concluded that individuals who work multiple jobs – approximately 14 million U.S. residents – have a greater likelihood of injury than those holding a single ...

By Robert Wilson at workerscompensation.com. Two separate lawsuits seeking to define drivers as employees rather than independent contractors could end up forcing ride sharing services like Uber and Lyft to start providing workers' compensation and other employment benefits to their drivers...

FROM CTNEWSJUNKIE.COM Two bills under consideration this legislative session seek to expand the state's workers' compensation law to cover those who suffer severe mental or emotional distress after witnessing extreme workplace violence. One bill, SB 593, has been introduced by the Labor and Publi...

WCC Official Hospital and Ambulatory Surgical Center Fee Schedule Memorandum - December 31, 2014 MEMORANDUM NO. 2014-06 TO: WCC Commissioners, Facility Fee Schedule Core Committee Members, District Administrators, Advisory Board, Legal Advisory Panel, Medical Advisory Panel, Medical Practitioners...

Federal Circuit Court Finds Employment Discrimination Settlement Lacking Medicare Details Binding, Leaving Parties Unprotected from MSP Viewpoint By Settlement Solutions, February 12, 2015 2:59 pm On February 11, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit published its opinio...

The mileage reimbursement rate for all travel expenses incurred on or after January 1, 2015 has increased to 57.5 cents per mile. This rate change applies to all claimants, regardless of injury date, and coincides with the federal mileage reimbursement rate pursuant to Section 31-312(a) of the Wo...

If you get hurt on the job, what do you do next? It's a common question that each Connecticut Workers' Compensation Attorney at The Law Offices of James F. Aspell, P.C.is prepared to discuss anytime you have a question about the Workers' Compensation system. When an accident occurs, there are fo...

We have a page on our website, reproduced below, which explains what we can do for you in you are injured at work in Connecticut. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of lawyers and the Connecticut Worker's Compensation Commission to explain to injured Connecticut workers what our worker's comp la...

Connecticut work injury lawyers and paralegals at The Law Offices of James F. Aspell, P.C. have resolved thousands of work injury and on the job death claims in Connecticut. In fact, more than half of our personal injury law cases come from on the job injuries. What's more, the Hartford law firm ...

There is an epidemic of Connecticut orthopedists, primarily back guys, who do not wish to get involved in helping injured Connecticut workers if their injury is over a year old. I'm sorry. Did they tell you there was a one year limitation period on helping people when you went to medical school?...

Employees who are injured on the job in Connecticut may pursue benefits through the state's workers' compensation system. The Workers' Compensation Act states that all employees are covered, regardless of full- or part-time status, from the first day of employment. There are several different ty...

When talking about the law that handles claims for a work injury, most people use this phrase: Connecticut Workers Compensation The official term that the State of Connecticut uses is: Workers' Compensation The "shortcut" term used by many people is simply: Workers Comp There are, however, many ...

The Compensation Review Board has recently decided a case involving the "aggravation" of a pre-existing condition by the work environment. Their decision may have significant impact on a number of Claimant's. Please call us at 860-523-8783 for a free discussion of your matter,

Construction sites are arguably the most dangerous work sites due to the type of work being done. Construction involves heavy duty tools and equipment and without the property safety precautions, accidents can result in devastating injuries. The site owner or manager is often responsible for maki...

BLAINE, Kan. – Following the death of two workers from the collapse of a cell tower they were dismantling March 25, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Wireless Horizon Inc. for two willful and four serious safety violations. OSHA placed the comp...

Connecticut law imposes specific regulations over the damages that a jury can grant a plaintiff in a wrongful death case. The jury must make its decision based on reasonable probabilities according to the evidence and is not entitled to speculate or guess about the injuries or losses that the dec...

Connecticut Worker's Compensation has its own unique language. Those of us who practice Connecticut Worker's Comp Injury Law know the ins and out just like a ative speaker of a foreign language. But what about you? What is a Form 36? What is MMI? Or PPD? Or, the ever mysterious RME? Well, fortun...

There are a large number of workers injured on the job in Connecticut. With 169 different cities and towns here, each one has its own particular way of handling on the job injuries. From Hartford police officers and West Hartford Firefighters to Windsor Sanitation and Public Works employees the...