Catastrophic Back Injury Worker's Compensation Case Settles for $630,000
Sep 18, 2009OUTCOME: Worker's compensation lump sum settlement of $635,000.00.
My worker's compensation client sustained a catastrophic back injury that required two spinal surgeries including a fusion. The client's education was limited to high school only and his work experien ... ce included only heavy physical labor jobs. The client was designated catastrophic so he would be entitled to a life time of temporary total disability benefits. The case settled for a lump sum of $630,000 without a Medicare Set Aside because the client would never be eligible for medicare.