Doctor and Worker's Compensation Insurance (Travelers) refused to give us a copy of our medical records.

Mr. Kottar is correct. Many times the doctors that get work sent to them by the insurance carrier have a business practice of only releasing the...

I need to find a workmans comp lawyer to take over my case in central NJ My Case is almost three years old

I know this is not what you want to hear, but there may be some valid reason for the status of your case. My suggestion is to schedule an...

I live in NJ & was recently injured on the job. Will my employer or their insurance carrier send me my compensation check ?

You describe what is clearly a compensable claim under NJ Workers Compensation law. Your employer, or their insurance carrier, should be paying...

Is my brother covered by an employers insurance even if it is his first day?

Your brother is definitely covered under New Jersey Workers Compensation Law. It does not make a difference that the injury occurred on his first...

If you believe that the insurance carrier terminated your medical and temporary disability benefits prematurely you can file what is called a...

Lawyer issues (Worker's Comp, NJ). Where do I (client) go from here?

Your attorney can't just abandon the case, there are ethics rules against that. That is why he filed the Motion with the Court. He is in essence...

Is there anything I can do to get treatment closer to home. Does workers compensation have to provide transportation.

When providing authorized medical care the insurance carrier must send you to doctors that are qualified in the area of medicine that relates to...

Temporary disability

An employer can not discriminate against an employee for filing a Workers Compensation claim. There are civil and criminal penalties if he does. ...

The insurance carrier must make payment within 60 days, although they usually do so in a shorter time period.

I fell at an office last june off a chair twice and the injury was never reported and shortly after that I was laid off -

SInce you have placed this question in the Workers Compensation section, I assume that the office you fell at is the office where you worked. It...