Arizona's Work Injury Firm
CHANGE OF JUDGE AT THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm Among workers’ compensation practitioners, the ALJ assigned to one’s case has always been an important factor in the attorney’s strategy and expectations. Over time, not even a long time, most ALJ’s tend, fairly or not, to get labeled as either...
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The Long Hearing Process By Erica Melendez, Associate Attorney A truly frustrating fact for injured workers is the length of time for the hearing process. A case goes through the hearing process when the injured worker and the insurance carrier cannot agree as to the worker’s right to a certain benefit. Issues include whether the...
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Witnesses By X. Alex Carpio, Partner In most cases there is no need to have lay witnesses unless it involves the issue of compensability. Whether an injury occurred at work? Are you an employee or independent contractor? Did you report the injury to your supervisor? Did you seek medical attention right away? The questions posed...
Further Hearings of Doctors Blog Written By: X. Alex Carpio, Partner/Attorney Arizona’s Work Injury Firm I always tell my clients that their case is only as good as their own treating doctor says. If you do not have a doctor that will support your medical treatment, there will be no way a lawyer can fight...
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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