If you have suffered a work injury, you may have received documentation from your employer’s workers comp insurance carrier.  If you have received a “Notice of Compensation Payable (NCP),” this means that the carrier has agreed to pay you workers comp benefits, at least temporarily.  There are a few forms of NCP: A Notice of […]

Su abogado de compensación al trabajador ha presentado una Petición para proteger sus derechos a recibir beneficios de compensación al trabajador para su lesión de trabajo, o quizás su empleador ha presentado una Petición para terminar esos beneficios.  ¿Que debe de esperar? Después que una Petición es presentada, su caso será asignado a un Juez […]

Your workers’ compensation attorney has filed a Petition to protect your rights to workers’ compensation benefits for your work injury, or perhaps your Employer has filed a Petition to terminate those rights.  What should you expect? After a Petition is filed, your case will be assigned to a Workers’ Compensation Judge, and a Hearing will […]

The Workers’ Compensation Act allows the workers’ compensation insurance company to seek review of the reasonableness and necessity of medical treatment for a work injury. It is called a Utilization Review. It is important to note that the review is limited to the reasonableness and necessity of the treatment.   It is NOT a review of […]

I am always curious when I see lawyers advertise “Hablamos Espanol”. What does that really mean? Does it mean that the lawyer studied Spanish in high school? Does it mean that an interpreter is hired for the initial consultation? Does it mean that a staff person has a passable understanding of Spanish? It is an […]