Be aware that if you are not working with an attorney, your rights will be limited by the actions of the employer and their insurance company. They...

Under the workers compensation laws you have 120 days to report the work injury to your employer. They should immediately notify their insurance...

That is, indeed, the way they try to avoid workers compensation liability, and many employers cheat on this and other rules. Very often, if they...

The action CAN always be filed in the county where the accident occurred, but depending on circumstances this would not be the only option, and...

Your employer may be trying to hold hostage your PTO wages in hopes of manipulating how you handle your far more valuable workers compensation...

I agree with the other replies. Where it appears you may have entered a further Avvo question mentioning a "limited tort" concern, and/or if...

You are clearly describing a work-related injury. Your employer is pressing you into inappropriate "light duty" as part of an effort to sweep that...

Your employer will try to get you back to "light duty" to avoid or limit a wage loss claim, and then may work quietly to find an excuse they can...

The employer may try to use a positive drug test as an excuse to fire you, particularly if they can claim to have a "no tolerance" policy, and to...

As noted in a prior response, claims for loss of wages due to disability from stress-based diagnoses are exceedingly difficult and the "abnormal...