Arizona's Work Injury Firm
THE ATTORNEYS AT SNOW, CARPIO, & WEEKLEY WHAT MAKES US SO DAMN SPECIAL? By Founding Partner/Attorney Chad Snow Arizona’s Work Injury Firm What sets the attorneys at Arizona’s Work Injury Firm apart from the dozens of other attorneys who represent injured workers in Arizona? First, it is our backgrounds. All of the attorneys...
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TRACKING INDUSTRY ABUSES INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm The distinction between “employee” and “independent contractor” is crucial in workers’ compensation law. Employees are covered by state-mandated, employer-provided workers’ compensation insurance but independent contractors are not. There has long been tension between employers and workers’ compensation claimants over who is...
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NEW WALMART EMPLOYEE DELIVERY PROGRAM EXPANDS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LIABILITY By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm According to the Washington Post, Walmart is thinking of using its fixed-site employees to deliver packages to customers on their way home after work. The program, being tested in a couple of states presently, is a new tactic...
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VOLUNTEERS By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm Volunteers are generally not “employees” and, therefore, are not covered by the workers’ compensation law if they are injured on the job. There are, however, statutory exceptions to the rule for: volunteer firemen and policemen DPS reserves sheriff’s posse members VOC rehab clients of DES...
POLICE OFFICER PTSD CLAIMS; AN OMINOUS TREND By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm In the last few years, in reaction to some very high profile incidents around the country, there has been recognition of the tremendous stress police officers are under as a regular part of their daily duties. The law enforcement business...
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