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Motor Vehicle Accident While You Are At Work By Diana Robles, Associate Attorney What happens if your job requires that you drive somewhere, and you are involved in a motor vehicle accident? If you are injured, at any time while you are at work you are entitled to workers compensation benefits. So if your...
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EXTREME LIMITS OF WC COVERAGE By Dennis R. Kurth, Associate Attorney Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist There are many misconceptions about workers’ compensation insurance, what it is and what it covers. Most people have no contact with their state’s workers’ compensation system until they or a family member have a serious injury on the...
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Initial Treatment By X. Alex Carpio, Partner As a workers’ compensation attorney I always look at the initial medical records. The initial records are probably the most important piece of information in any workers’ compensation case for two reasons. 1) The mechanism of injury – the initial record will let us know how the injury...
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Are My Workers Compensation Benefits Taxable? One of the most common questions we get around this time of year is: “Do I need to report my Arizona workers compensation benefits or settlement proceeds to the I.R.S.?” or, “Are my Arizona Workers Compensation Benefits taxable?” Almost always, the answer is NO!!! Generally speaking, Workers’ compensation...
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Workers Compensation and My Social Security Case By Nicholas Wearne, Attorney Social Security Disability Department Arizona’s Work Injury Firm Many workers compensation clients who are unable to return to work after their injury apply for social security disability benefits. One of the first questions or concerns they have is how being on workers compensation...
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