Texas Workers’ Compensation News
Texas Workers’ Comp Employee Benefits
Do you know if you are receiving the proper amount of weekly Texas Workers Comp Employee Benefits from the Insurance Carrier? If you are not receiving $938.00 in Temporary Income Benefits (TIBs) you need to contact a Texas Workers’ Comp attorney immediately because...
Company Doctors in Workers’ Compensation Cases
If you get injured on the job, more than likely your employer sent you to a doctor to get examined and to receive initial treatment for your injuries. Many injured workers are obviously thankful for what they see as their employer extending help to them and looking...
When Texas Workers Comp Adjusters Won’t Return Your Call
You have been injured on the job and have been to the doctor, received some initial medical treatment and have started receiving paperwork from the insurance company about your injuries. In this mountain of paperwork that will be mailed to you, the insurance company...
Cash Advances In Texas Workers Comp Cases
During the course of a workers’ compensation claim, many injured workers’ find it difficult to make ends meet on just their weekly workers’ compensation checks. It can be both difficult and frustrating to wait and see if your weekly check is going to arrive on time in...
Texas Workers Comp Lawyer Proves Carpal Tunnel Caused By Job
A Texas Workers’ Compensation Lawyer set out to prove an injured worker's injury included carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in her right hand. The insurance company disagreed, protesting that the injured worker was somehow trying to "change her theory of recovery" to...
Texas Workers Comp Adjusters Are Not Your Friend
Time after time injured workers feel that they can handle their worker’s comp claim because they are being assisted by their adjusters, however don’t be fooled! The adjuster on a worker’s comp claim does not work for you. They work for your employer's insurance...
Denied Medical Care In Texas Workers’ Compensation Cases
You have been injured on the job. You have done exactly what you thought you were supposed to do. You notified your supervisor, filled out the paperwork they told you to fill out, and even went to the doctor that they asked you to go to. You have had a few...
Company Doctors in Texas Workers’ Comp Cases
Company doctors are one of the first medical providers that injured workers encounter after being hurt on the job. Employers lie to injured workers and tell them that they must treat with a company doctor. Employers tell injured workers that they have no choice. It is...
Dealing With Adjusters in Texas Workers’ Compensation Cases
You have been injured on the job and have been to the doctor, received some initial medical treatment and have started receiving paperwork from the insurance company about your injuries. In this mountain of paperwork that will be mailed to you, the insurance company...
Medical Marijuana May Cost You Your Job
Brandon Coats worked for Dish Network at a customer service representative. Chronically ill and bound to a wheelchair, he suffers from incurable quadriplegia, a painful and debilitating condition whose symptoms often include prolonged, painful muscle spasms. Mr....