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Many people get behind on paying child support. For the same reasons that people fall behind on paying their other bills, many people are simply unable to pay what is required for child support. Often, this is caused by a combination of factors, from underemployment, inflation, rent increases, or ba…

Back in the day, when I mostly looked at my own shoe tops and occasionally communicated in grunts (most people call that high school), I was encouraged by my very outgoing mother to be “more social” and to “talk to people.” I did not quite understand how to do that, so I did not. At least in…

How long will my case take? I get this question all the time. I’ll bet, over the past thirty-four years of handling personal injury and workers’ compensation cases, I have answered this question thousands of times. Of course, since I’m a lawyer, the answer is mostly “it depends.” Personal…

Many people tune out when they see the term “workers’ compensation,” or the outdated “workman’s compensation.” They figure, “I work at a desk so why would it apply to me?” Or they figure it can’t be much different from a basic auto insurance claim. Read more to find out just how wr…

Many people have an image in their minds of what workers’ compensation cases look like, or, more specifically, what workers’ compensation clients look like. They imagine that most workers’ compensation cases involve blue collar workers who work in physically demanding jobs. While this is p…

Many people are familiar with the term “value drivers.” We see it applied to all sorts of business dealings, employment situations, and also personal injury cases. In a nutshell, a “value driver” is something that increases the worth of a product, service, or asset. And believe it or not, th…

You didn’t see that coming, did you? Medicare and workers’ compensation don’t seem to have anything to do with one another. Yet for an increasing number of injured workers, Medicare is very much a part of their workers’ compensation case. Workers’ Compensation—a Quick Recap Workers’…

Workers’ compensation is based in large part upon the wage rate earned. That rate is known as the Average Weekly Wage, or AWW. Theoretically, this is calculated by looking at the 52 weeks preceding the date of the work injury and averaging them. There are a myriad of exceptions, quirks, and techni…