WHAT ARE THE “OFFICIAL DISABILITY GUIDELINES” AND HOW DO THEY AFFECT MY WORK COMP CLAIM IN ARIZONA? By Chad Snow, Founding Partner/Attorney In 2013, the Arizona legislature, upon strong lobbying by the insurance industry, approved a set of evidence based medicine “guidelines” to be used in determining what treatment could be given in work injury...
WHAT IS A “CONTINGENCY FEE”? By Chad Snow, Founding Partner/Attorney A lot of potential clients that we meet with are reluctant to hire an attorney to represent them in their claim because they do not have money to pay their bills, let alone an attorney. For this reason, most Arizona work comp attorneys are paid...
AN INJURED WORKER DIES: WHAT HAPPENS TO HIS/HER BENEFITS? By Chad Snow, Founding Partner/Attorney We are asked from time to time what happens to injured workers compensation benefits when he or she dies. The very simple answer is that the benefits die with them. Unless the death was caused by or contributed to...
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LOCAL POLITICS AND WORKERS COMPENSATION By Chad Snow, Founding Partner/Attorney There is a saying that “you might not be interested in politics, but politics is sure interested in you.” I’m often surprised at how many of my friends, even those with advanced educations, have very little idea what goes on in our local political scene...
Full and Final Settlements By Brian Weekley, Attorney/Partner On November 1st, 2017, Senate Bill 1332 went into effect in Arizona. This state law allows for the full and final settlement of workers’ compensation claims. Under the current system, claimants always retain the right file a Petition to Reopen their claim in the event that...