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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...

The quality of a claimant's job searches while collecting temporary partial benefits in connection with you Connecticut Worker's Compensation Claim is a source of frequent consternation to insurance adjusters. To ensure the timely, uninterrupted receipt of your comp checks, it is imperative that...

SSD FAQ: Is it easier to get approved for Disability after age 50? Answer: Generally yes, depending on your specific situation. The SSA's "ability to work" rules are more relaxed for applicants who are 50 and older. As a result, a 50-year-old may be approved even though he or she is able to do so...

As the year begins to draw to close, insurance companies begin to think about getting older cases off their books. This can be used to your advantage if you know how to accurately price a case for settlement. We have 27 years of experiencing in resolving all manner of worker's compensation claims...

In a few certain, specific situations, an injured worker in Connecticut can still be awarded a monetary allowance for scarring or disfigurement. Notably, a scar on the face still qualifies for compensation. The value of the scarring award is at the discretion of the Commissioner and HAS to be ass...

10 Myths and Facts About Workers' Compensation Posted by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Community Staff The LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Community and the award-winning blog Work Comp Roundup have teamed up to present some common myths and facts about workers' compensation. Our contributors...

My opinion has always been that the best law firms are so because of the people, and for that reason I have always been blessed to be supported by some of the most wonderfuly talented people available. I hire my paralegals with an eye not only towards their ability to do (a lot) of work quickly a...

Hon. Clifton Thompson who was actively serving the citizens of the State of Connecticut as a Worker's Compensation Commissioner passed away on Friday, May 18th, 2004. At the time of his death, Commissioner Thompson was hearing cases in the Second and Sixth Districts. Commissioner Thompson will be...

I read today that apparently the Social Security Administration has banned its' Administrative Law Judges from using Facebook in particular and the internet in general to root out Claimant fraud. I have often suspected ALJ's dig around in he online world to discover whether or not the Claimants t...

We have received some good news from about the Governor's proposal to consolidate the Worker's Compensation Commission into the Department of Labor. In the latest version of the proposed state budget, funding for the WCC has been restored. The WCC will remain independent. There is some bad news,...

The Workers' Compensation Commission's Bulletin 49 is available to the public free of charge, and contains the entire Workers' Compensation Act, additional related statutes, and Workers' Compensation Administrative Regulations. Also included are illustrations of Connecticut's workers' compensatio...

The danger workers face on the job is not always compensated by higher pay. Life-threatening jobs can be mind-numbingly simple, easily performed by unskilled workers or children, or as physically and mentally demanding as one can imagine. Cable television shows like Deadliest Catch and Ice Road T...

A flurry of recent decisions have just come down from the Connecticut Compensation Review Board on a Myriad of issues, big and small. Not a single win for a Claimant. This is a tough enviornment in which to represent an injured worker in Connecticut. be sure you have and experienced Connecti...

From Lynch Ryan: Worker's Comp Insider Annals of Compensability: Of Heroes, Acts of God, and (No) Mercy When the category 5 hurricane hit Joplin, Missouri on May 22 this year, Mark Lindquist was perched on a mattress which covered his clients, three mentally disabled adults. Lindquist, a soci...

From Risk Management Magazine: by Morgan O'Rourke According to the latest numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Deadliest Catch," a popular television show on the Discovery Channel that chronicles the adventures of Alaskan king crab fishermen in the Bering Sea, is aptly named. ...

Here is the handy website for looking up a particular Administrative Law Judge's approval statistics. It is fairly out of date now, but it is fun to look at.

Back in the good old days when I first started doing Connecticut worker's comp law, musculoskeletal and low back claims used to be fairly straightforward. One was injured, they saw their orthopedist and either they did a short course of physical therapy or they were a surgical candidate and the...