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...
Why Has Arizona’s Work Injury Firm Been So Successful? I know it’s not good business practice to share trade secrets, but to any of our competitors, here’s the secret to our success. 1. We treat our clients like human beings, not cases. I have been invited to more clients’ quinceaneras, weddings, and funerals than any...
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Differences Between a Work Injury Claim and Personal Injury Claim A lot of our clients are bummed to find out that they can’t sue anyone as a result of their injury. I’ve compiled the following list, which isn’t meant to be exhaustive, of some of the major differences between a work injury claim and a...
Use of the “Affidavit” in Arizona Work Comp Litigation Generally speaking, the Administrative Law Judges who decide cases at the Industrial Commission of Arizona are very good. They get the decision right more often than not. Their decisions are usually well thought out. And, for what the job pays, the Commission has been able to...
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Time Frames in Arizona Workers Comp Cases Shortly after 9/11, I read a book by New York mayor Rudolph Guliani about his leadership style. One of the most important things I learned from the book was the concept of “under-promise and over-deliver”. I have tried, to some varying degrees of success, to incorporate that into...
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