Arizona's Work Injury Firm
The Montana Supreme Court recently found a claim compensable for a man, Brock Hopkins, who admitted to smoking pot prior to entering a bear habitat to feed the bears – and subsequently being mauled by the bear. The Montana Uninsured Employers Fund had denied the claim saying that (1) he shouldn’t be compensated because he...
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Several times in the last few weeks, I’ve been reminded of how much the Internet has changed the practice of law. Information that in the past would have cost days of laborious research, is now one Google search away. I recently had a case where the temperature on the day in question in Tucson was...
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Por nuestros clientes que hablan espanol, nos da mucho gusto anunciar nuestro nuevo sitio de Web, Snow y Carpio en espanol. Estara disponible toda la misma informacion que se encuentra en nuestro sitio en ingles y mas recursos especiales para nuestros clientes hispanohablantes. Ademas, esperamos traducir los mas de 70 entradas a esa blog antes...
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I have a very sad workers compensation death claim for a young man who was a painter for several years with a local company that paints aircraft and automobile parts. He started coughing one day and within a couple of weeks had bruises over his body and was extremely fatigued, and starting spitting up blood. ...
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Word on the street is that House Bill 2617, which would have allowed full and final settlement of Arizona workers comp claims, is essentially dead on arrival. A wide array of interests seem to have lined up against the bill, including the Industrial Commission – the state agency who oversees administration of on the job...
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