Arizona's Work Injury Firm
Blog by Nick Wearne Associate Attorney Arizona’s Work Injury Firm Many of our blog posts are focused in on specific workers’ compensation issues. However, one of the first things we like to do when clients come in is walk them through the natural progression of a case so they get the big picture. A typical...
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Surveillance by Attorney Nick Wearne Associate at Arizona’s Work Injury Firm On occasion our clients notice that they are being followed and videotaped by an investigator. We refer to this as surveillance. These investigators are hired by your employer’s insurance carrier to monitor and record you. Contrary to what you may...
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Settlement of Workers Compensation Claim Many times, it is in the interest of both the injured worker and the insurance carrier to settle either part or all of a claim. All settlements must involve a bona fide dispute between the parties and must be approved by a Judge of the Industrial Commission...
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When Will the Industrial Commission of ArizonaEnter the 21stCentury? An attorney friend of mine who practices in a different area of law asked me why our files are so thick and why we hadn’t gone paperless like so many other law firms. I answered that the problem is the Industrial Commission of Arizona is perpetually...
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SURVEILLANCE by Alex Carpio, Partner at Arizona’s Work Injury Firm “It is illegal for the insurance company to videotape me!!” This is a statement my clients often tell me each time I get hired as their attorney. This statement is false. The insurance carriers can and will hire an investigator to videotape you. The purpose of...
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