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Category: Workers’ Compensation

The Problem with Company Doctors, Part I

March 5, 2010
Oxner
Lou Waple recently won a case before the Industrial Commission that illustrates two different issues in workers’ compensation. First, the danger of company doctors. Second, the even greater danger of some attorneys…. The trouble all started when First Comp Insurance sent our client to one of their “approved” neurosurgeons. He correctly diagnosed her as having […]
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Workers’ Comp Adjusters are using private investigators more and more

March 6, 2010
Oxner
Psssst…..! Who’s that following you? If you’ve got Stonewood Insurance on your case, you can pretty much guarantee it’s a private investigator. Most insurance companies will use private investigators from time to time. But Stonewood uses them more than any other insurance company we’ve ever seen. “But I’ve got nothing to hide” you say… That’s […]
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Key Risk + Company Doctor + Light Duty Job = Disaster

March 9, 2010
Oxner
I’d like to be able to say this didn’t happen all the time. But I cannot do that because it does. Here are the basic facts: Our client, an animal control officer hurt his back on the job The initial treating physician took him out of work The Key Risk adjuster picked another doctor The […]
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New Law Redefines Suitable Employment

July 23, 2011
Oxner
If you used to make $50,000 a year, you can now be forced to take a part-time, minimum-wage job 50 miles away from your home. Up until this point, your average weekly wage was either the single most important, or one of the most important, things that an insurance company looked at in terms of […]
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Perseverance Pays

February 5, 2012
Oxner
It can be difficult to determine at what point a case can be settled. In a recent case, we had a client who suffered a neck injury requiring cervical fusion as a result of an automobile collision. We contacted the insurance company of the driver who was at fault, and they took the position that […]
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