Explaining What You Can Do After Rejecting an Offer to Settle in Your Workers’ Compensation Case

By |2022-07-28T14:00:42-05:00February 7th, 2019|Workers' Compensation|

You have rejected the first settlement offer after you were evaluated by doctors for an injury you suffered while at work.  Your attorney will then attempt to renegotiate the settlement with the insurance company in court.  The insurance company may or may not agree to another settlement amount, and the judge may provide input in [...]

Explaining a Section 20 Claim Resolution for Your Injury on the Job in New Jersey

By |2019-01-24T23:09:14-05:00January 24th, 2019|Workers' Compensation|

Two types of settlements may result in a workers’ compensation class. One involves all treatment being provided by the workers’ comp insurance company, along with their willingness to pay a percentage of disability based on your functional loss sustained in the accident. The other kind of settlement that can result is a Section 20. This [...]

What To Do If The Insurance Company Won’t Pay for Their Own Doctor’s Recommended Treatment

By |2019-01-17T19:30:33-05:00January 17th, 2019|Workers' Compensation|

If the insurance company won’t pay for the treatment recommended by their own doctor, the first thing you need to do is contact your lawyer. We will help you with the process going forward. We will then get the medical notes from your treating medical doctor. These notes will indicate you are in need of [...]

Explaining Whether Your Ordinary Disability Pension Will Affect Your Workers’ Compensation Case

By |2019-01-10T17:38:07-05:00January 10th, 2019|Disability Pension Appeal, Workers' Compensation|

If you have been approved for an ordinary disability pension, it may affect your workers’ compensation case. This will be true if the conditions listed in your disability pension are the same as in your workers’ comp claim. The overlap of the times for your disability pension and your workers’ comp claim will result in [...]

What Are Your Rights if You Are Injured at Work?

By |2018-12-11T23:05:40-05:00December 11th, 2018|Tanya Phillips, Workers' Compensation|

By Tanya Phillips If you are injured at work in New Jersey you are entitled to three workers’ compensation benefits: 1) Medical benefits, 2) Temporary disability benefits, and 3) Permanent partial disability benefits. Medical Benefits Your employer and/or its workers’ compensation carrier are permitted by law to choose the doctor who will treat you. They are [...]

Explaining How The Value of Your Workers’ Comp Claim is Determined

By |2018-11-29T21:04:58-05:00November 29th, 2018|Workers' Compensation|

There are many factors that determine your workers’ comp claim’s value. One is the length or duration of treatment. Another factor is the type of treatment you have received. Operative treatments are more invasive and tend to increase the value of a case. When your treatment ends, you are evaluated by permanency experts, determining residual [...]

New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview

By |2018-11-13T17:45:46-05:00November 13th, 2018|Tanya Phillips, Workers' Compensation|

By Tanya Phillips If you are injured at work in New Jersey you are entitled to three workers’ compensation benefits: 1) Medical benefits, 2) Temporary disability benefits, and 3) Permanent partial disability benefits. Medical Benefits Your employer and/or their workers’ compensation carrier are permitted by law to choose the doctor who will treat you. They [...]

Determining Whether You Can Receive Additional Benefits After Your Workers’ Compensation Has Ended

By |2018-11-08T18:10:16-05:00November 8th, 2018|Workers' Compensation|

Whether you are able to receive additional benefits beyond the end of your workers’ compensation depends on how your case originally settled. If it closed with an order approving settlement or a percentage of disability, then you can reopen your case within two years of receiving a final benefit. In contrast, you will not be [...]

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