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The Connecticut Supreme Court has held, in a case being released later this week, that the lien rights that the State of Connecticut can assert against the proceeds of a personal injury or worker's compensation case remain a formidable force to be reckoned with. In State vs. Peters The Court has...

The mileage reimbursement rate for all travel expenses incurred on or after March 19, 2008 is now 50.5 cents per mile. This rate increase applies to all claimants, regardless of injury date, and coincides with the federal mileage reimbursement rate pursuant to Section 31-312(a) of the Workers' Co...

Props to Sox starter and cancer survivor Jon Lester for hurling the Bosox 18th no hitter this evening. A nicely done testament to the fact that even in the face of catastrophic injury or illness YOU CAN get back to your former self with hard work and determination. We can all take a lesson. Nic...

The Connecticut Supreme Court will be releasing a decision of the 20th of this month in the case of Archembault vs. Soneco/Northeastern, Inc., et al, This decision, which revolves around a construction accident in which an employee of Soneco is seriously injured in a trench collapse, speaks to t...

The Connecticut Law Libraries are now offering a tremendous resource to attorneys and the public alike in the form of their newly redesigned Newslog. The Newslog provides up-to-the-minute information on the latest Connecticut Supreme Court decisions, neatly indexed by category for your researchin...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The number of U.S. homes heading toward foreclosure more than doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier, as weakening property values and tighter lending left many homeowners powerless to prevent homes from being auctioned to the highest bidder, a research firm sai...

Our odd news story of the week comes from San Francisco where the Chronicle reported that a landlord, angered over losing an eviction case against his tenant: cut the support beam under the house hired workers to cut a hole in the living room floor from underneath the house, and cut the tenant's ...

MIAMI (AP) - The call girl linked to the downfall of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer sued the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" series on Monday for $10 million, claiming he exploited her image and name to advertise the racy videos. Ashley Alexandra Dupre, 22, contended in the lawsuit that she...

We in the worker's comp world are well aware of the role the American Medical Association (AMA) Guidelines for the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment play in our daily lives. It is upon this tome that injured workers in Connecticut are adjudicated their just due under section 31-308 of our Ge...

The Hartford Courant is today reporting that a 27 year old Yale Medical School Student was struck and killed by an automobile as she attempted to cross South Frontage Road in New haven on Sunday morning. This tragic accident reminds me that the laws concerning the use of the highway by a pedes...

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has named Daniel Dilzer and David Schoolcraft to the state Workers' Compensation Commission. Advertisement Upcoming Webcast! Dilzer, 41, is a lawyer with the New Britain-based law firm Davila & Dilzer. He serves serves on the State of Connecticut's Victim's Comp...

The Connecticut Supreme Court has issued a critically important decision concerning what reasonable accommodations an employer must make for an injured working before terminating him. The full text of the article which I am providing appears in the Connecticut Law Tribune. Attorney Rick Hayber...

DOVER — - Three teenagers were injured shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday, when their SUV slammed into a rock and then crashed against a utility pole, police reported. The driver, Dustin Balula, 18, sustained a broken leg; passenger Natalie St. Germain, 18, sustained cuts to her forehead; and pass...

Attorney Christine Engel has taken the helm as Connecticut's most recent Commissioner appointee. Before joining the Commission, Attorney Engel had years of experience practicing worker's compensation law here in Connecticut, primarily representing injured workers. I had the good fortune to mee...

I often wax on with my old saw, "the employer will not make the claim for you." The Employer's "First Report of Injury" does nothing to satisfy your burden as regards the making of a claim in a Connecticut Worker's Comp case. You or your attorney MUST file a Form 30C with the employer and the WCC...

A New Britain man convicted in a crash that killed five people was sentenced to 79 years in prison Wednesday. Kevin Cales, 34, who has an extensive criminal history, was accused of chasing his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend Maryneliz Jimenez on Chamberlin Highway in Berlin in May 2006. She had four...

For all of you that are certain you know how to do the law thing better, well here is your chance. I don't ever want to hear a "No one ever asked me" again. Consider yourself asked.

I got a call today from a prospective client. He had been in an accident about a yera ago by an elderly woman who was insured by "A" company. Although some time had passed, he is still treating for neck and back injuries sustained in the crash. He got a call from the adjuster at "A" who told...

As a middle aged white guy, I'm going to go out on a limb here and tell you that I honestly feel the "race thing" in this country has gotten completley out of hand. Now we're criticizing magazine covers because evidently some think a select few feel that this Vogue cover is stereotypically rac...

For all you mileage loggers, please note that the rate for mileage reimbursement for all comp related appointments has risen to 50.5 cents per mile. As always, if you are one of my clients, please make a note of the date, miles traveled, and the purpose of the trip. Doctor's appointments, PT...

You know, it's not like we actually have any significant legal issues in this state. Like say, an eminent domain policy that is the laughing stock of the nation. Or a property tax scheme that is squeezing people out of their homes. Or a ridiculously regressive business climate. Nah, life is ...

Our Friends at TLPA have provided us with this sample move out check list. It is my positon that these should be used in all cases to avoid any confusion. Jim