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Category: Workers’ Compensation

I’ve got a lawyer (I think) but i’ve never spoken to anyone but a paralegal. Can I (or should I) change lawyers?

April 5, 2014
Oxner
Ugh. That’s not our style, that’s for sure. Our paralegals are highly trained, we keep them to a moderate caseload so they have time to spend on everyone’s file, and our clients pretty much love them. But they aren’t lawyers. There are a lot of times where you need to speak with a lawyer. Our […]
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Who sets attorney’s fees?

April 12, 2014
Oxner
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 – but the Industrial Commission approves fees of 25%. It is extremely rare for the […]
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I just got hurt. What’s the first thing I should do?

April 25, 2014
Oxner
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 loud but back this with up with something in writing. That could be a formal […]
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Workers Comp definitions- What is an accident?

May 2, 2014
Oxner
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 a heavier than normal object, or moving it at a faster pace than normal, or […]
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Workers’ Comp Definitions- What is occupational disease?

May 10, 2014
Oxner
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 workers in a cotton mill breathing in cotton fibers. Nowadays the most common occupational diseases […]
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