BIG BEAR LAKE: Employer arrested, accused of not paying workers' comp insurance – Press Enterprise.
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This is a big problem. Make sure that your employer has workers’ compensation insurance. If you are injured and your employer does not have insurance, then you are out of luck in many cases. Some states such as Illinois have a special fund set up for injured workers whose employer did not have work comp insurance.
Reward offered in drive-up killing of 33-year-old security officer – LA Times.
What a sad story. It is not Workers’ Compensation if you are injured outside of work, but if there is some tie found to work such as a former inmate who attacks the guard out of revenge then you may be able to make a sound argument that this a compensable case.
The most important part of your work injury is getting paid if you cannot work.
The insurance company should be paying you if your injury happened on the job and your doctor has taken you off work.
If the Work Comp insurance company is not paying you, then you should contact an experienced Work Comp attorney right away.
If the Work Comp insurance company stops paying you after they send you to see one of its own doctors, then you contact a lawyer immediately.
The problem is that some injured workers forget to get an off work slip from their doctor. Failure to get the doctor to put your need to be off work in writing can stop your payments.
Once you are sent to the see the insurance company doctor she will write a report that gives the opinion whether the accident and injury are related, the treatment needed and your restrictions. This will determine whether you will get paid and the future course of your treatment.
The only way to get payments back on track is to prepare for trial. This includes having your treating doctor
Bell Gardens left stunned by fatal shooting of mayor – LA Times.
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Sad story. What if the mayor was shot by a disgruntled citizen? Would he be entitled to Work Comp? He would have a strong argument that the injury was related to his job duties.
State trooper injured in collision with motorist | Top Stories | News Democrat.
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With very few exceptions, police officers are entitled to Workers’ Compensation when injured during the course of their job even if they are at fault.