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Category Archives: Workers Compensation

Uninsured Employers in Arizona Workers Compensation Claims

What happens if a worker in Arizona is injured while working for an employer who fails to carry workers compensation insurance?  This actually happens in about 5-10% of our cases.  These “uninsured employer” cases are handled by the Special Fund Division – No Insurance Section of the Industrial Commission of Arizona.  The SFD – NIS …

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Posted by Snow Carpio and Weekley | Non-Insured Employers Workers Compensation

What is “Supportive Care”? Arizona Work Comp

Sometimes I have clients who have permanent injuries and when they are told that their case has been “closed”, they get a horrified look on their face as they wonder where they will continue to get medications and treatment that they may need for the rest of their lives.  Don’t worry, I tell them.  You …

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Posted by Snow Carpio and Weekley | Medical Care Workers Compensation

Employers Firing Injured Workers While on Light Duty

I’ve seen a very disturbing trend recently wherein unscrupulous employers and carriers take advantage of a recent change in the law to refuse temporary compensation to an injured worker.  The employer will offer “light duty” work to the injured worker, who accepts the accommodated employment.  The employer will then concoct a reason to fire the …

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Posted by Snow Carpio and Weekley | Compensation Payments Hearings Legislation Workers Compensation

Repetitive Stress Injuries – Carpal Tunnell Syndrome

Some people think that because they didn’t have a specific accident at work, that they cannot file a workers comp claim in Arizona.  Untrue!  Many injuries are the result of repetitive stress or cumulative trauma – the gradual effects of performing the same activity repetitively over a long period of time.  These cases are actually quite …

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Posted by Snow Carpio and Weekley | Filing a New Claim Pre-Existing Conditions Workers Compensation

Workmans Comp or Workers Comp – which is it?

I remember at one of my first hearings held at the Industrial Commission of Arizona, referring to it as a workman’s compensation case.  The female judge quickly asked, “Chad, are women not allowed to get injured in Arizona?” That was my introduction to one of the more interesting discrepancies in the history of Arizona work …

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Posted by Snow Carpio and Weekley | Workers Compensation

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