If her employer has workers' compensation insurance coverage, you have to go to the workers' compensation route and cannot sue the employer for...

Good question and no clear answer. Florida workers’ compensation law does recognize that the claimant (injured worker) has to cooperate with...

Do I really need a lawyer?

If after reviewing the answers here on Avvo, you decide to consult an attorney, a good place to start to find the right attorney is here on Avvo. ...

As others have said, under Florida law you do have a one time right to change physicians but the insurance company gets to choose the new Doctor. ...

Make sure that you report the incident to management and can prove that you did so; that is have witnesses or better yet do it in writing. Then...

If your checks are temporary disability checks meaning you are either temporarily totally disabled or temporarily partially disabled meaning you...

What can my son do?

I agree with the others that you should be consulting an Oregon workers' compensation lawyer but that assumes that your son's workers compensation...

I have copd from smokeing is. It wise to sue the tabaco çompany.

Maybe. Much more info needed. A lot of class action suits field ; look for those.

Generally no in Florida if the employer has workers' compensation coverage. If not, that could be different.

Can we terminate an employee with an open workers comp claim?

This is not really a workers' compensation law question but more of an employment law question so I moved into that category. Workers'...