Recent Posts in Workers' Compensation Category
Posted on May 2, 2012 By Kansas City Workers Compensation Attorney
I was recently asked to speak at a continuing legal education seminar for the Missouri Bar Association. The topic: How to deal with difficult clients from a legal ethics perspective. While the typical ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2012 By Kansas City Workers Compensation Attorney
A worker gets injured on the job, is receiving medical treatment and is placed on temporary work restrictions. If the employer is unable to return her to work under those restrictions, she would then ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2012 By Kansas City Workers Compensation Attorney
Have you ever heard this scenario? You work hard all week at your job. Now, it's finally Friday and you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Three more hours and you will have some ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Kansas City Workers Compensation Attorney
On May 15,2011, the Kansas Legislature did away with one really insidious part of the Kansas Workers Compensation Act. Prior to that date, not only did you have to give notice to your employer after ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2012 By Mike Stang
Ok. So, you have an injury and you are left with permanent restrictions. What now? Well, it depends on where you are and what parts you injured. Let me explain. In Kansas , there is a benefit called ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2012 By Kansas City Workers Compensation Lawyer
After you have received all of your treatment and the insurance company has (hopefully) paid all of your temporary benefits, what remaining benefit does an injured worker have? The answer: Permanent ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Scott Wilson
Lt. Daniel Kaffee, as portrayed by Tom Cruise in "A Few Good Men", once said, "It's not what I know, its what I can prove." Nowhere is that statement more applicable than in ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2012 By Haight Stang, LLC
Almost without exception, one of the first things a prospective client says to me in the initial telephone consultation is, "I don't even know if I need a lawyer. Do you think I need a ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Scott Wilson
Short answer: Sometimes. If you are on restrictions from the authorized treating physician, your employer has two options. It can put you to work in an accommodated, light duty position or it can send ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By Haight Stang, LLC
We've all heard the age-old riddle of, "If a tree falls in the forest, but no one's around to hear it, does it really make a sound?" This same riddle can be used in workers' ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2012 By Workers' Compensation Attorney
A NEW BREED OF LAWYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welcome to the first blog entry for the law firm of Haight Stang, LLC! Our goal will be to inform, enlighten and (if it's even possible) ...
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