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An occupational disease is a condition, which disables you due to exposure to a hazard to which the general public is not equally exposed. That’s confusing, isn’t it? In the old days it was coal miners getting black lung, or … Read More

An “accident” is legally defined as an “interruption of the normal work routine.” Most commonly this is a slip, trip, or fall or something like that. However an interruption of the normal work routine includes moving an unusual object, or … Read More

Oxner + Permar attorney Casey Turner recently passed the Virginia Bar Exam, marking a first for the firm. Casey will be sworn in to the Virginia Bar Association on June 3rd, and will begin taking Virginia workers’ compensation cases thereafter. … Read More

First thing is to check yourself and make sure you’re more or less ok. Second, make a note of who may have been a witness –just in case you need support later on. Third, tell your supervisor. Tell them out … Read More

By law, all fees for workers’ compensation cases must be approved by the Industrial Commission. It is illegal and unethical for a lawyer to take a fee outside of the Commission’s approval. A lawyer can ask for whatever he wants … Read More