Unfortunately, employers and insurance companies sometimes fight or deny valid workers’ compensation claims. If your claim is denied, you have the right to file an appeal, and if your case cannot be resolved through mediation and/or settlement, you may be required to attend a hearing before the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. The attorneys at the Law …
How Does Workers’ Compensation Work?
Have you been injured while working at your job? If so, you likely have the right to file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, as most employers in Arkansas and Oklahoma are mandated to carry workers’ compensation insurance coverage. How does workers’ compensation work? Workers’ compensation insurance protects the employer and the employee when an …
What to Do When Your Lawyer Files a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel
While clients can fire their lawyers at any time and for any reason, lawyers cannot file a motion to withdraw as counsel unless they have a valid reason to do so. However, there are several situations in which an attorney may request that the court allow him or her to withdraw from a case. For …
What Is a Pre-Hearing Conference in Front of the Arkansas WCC?
If you have suffered a work-related injury at your job in Arkansas, you are entitled to file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Often employers and their insurance providers wrongfully deny benefits to injured workers. If you are unhappy with your employer’s actions in your workers’ compensation claim, you have the right to file a …
Workers’ Compensation Benefits Explained
If you’re like most workers, you don’t give much thought to the possibility of sustaining a workplace injury – until it happens to you. When you’re injured at work in Arkansas or Oklahoma, you should be able to access workers’ compensation benefits through your employer’s insurance carrier. Both states require most businesses to carry this …
Oklahoma Workers Compensation Law Declared Unconstitutional
An Oklahoma law has been declared unconstitutional after a wrongful death lawsuit was filed by an Oklahoma man’s family members. The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down part of the state’s workers compensation law. The part of the law that was declared unconstitutional exempted natural gas and oil companies from being sued in the event that …
Dispelling 4 Common Myths Regarding Workers Compensation
Workers compensation benefits are designed to protect both employers and employees at businesses throughout the nation. Unfortunately, workers compensation claims can be confusing, and therefore have led to the spreading of many myths regarding workers compensation. In order to help clear up some confusion, let’s take a look at some common workers compensation myths. Myth …
Personal Injury vs. Workers Compensation: What’s the Difference?
When an employee gets hurt on the job, they often have two options: file for personal injury or file for workers compensation. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to determine the difference between the two types of cases, let alone which one is right for the situation at hand. When filing either a personal injury claim …
3 Outrageous Workers Compensation Claims
Workers compensation claims come in all shapes and sizes. With 3,007,300 job-related illnesses and injuries reported in 2013, there is no shortage of workers comp claims. With that in mind, some claims are understandable and some … well, not so much. Check out these three ridiculous workers compensation claims and see if compensation was, in …
6 Frequently Asked Questions About Worker’s Compensation
Worker’s comp coverage can be complex and difficult to understand. Most of the time, coverage is based on each individual case. But there are a few commonly asked questions about worker’s comp, and this article takes a closer look at some of them. What on-the-job injuries are covered by worker’s compensation? Worker’s comp covers most, …
