Workers Compensation
Workers’ Compensation and Immediate Medical Needs
If you have sustained any type of injury or illness in your workplace, whether it is minor or extremely urgent, it is important to move forward quickly to obtain a medical evaluation and treatment. This is important not only for your recovery and health, but also for securing the maximum amount of workers’ comp benefits…
Read MoreAccident Involving a Delivery Driving During Shelter-in-Place? Here’s What to Do
As we phase out Governor Lee’s stay-at-home mandate, implemented in early April, business re-openings will be slow and in careful phases. The City of Nashville has a roadmap of rolling out and opening establishments. Find out more about the Roadmap for Reopening Nashville. Although our metro bars and restaurants may be opening in the near…
Read MoreThe Effect of a Personal Injury Claim Settlement on SSD Benefits and Medicare
Have you patiently waited through the Social Security disability (SSD) claim process and received approval for your benefits, only to now find yourself injured in an accident? If the accident involves the liability of another party, you will certainly need to hire an experienced personal injury attorney to secure the compensation you deserve. But the…
Read MoreWill Getting Fired Cost Me My Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Filing a workers’ compensation claim for an injury or illness suffered on the job is within your rights as an employee. Most companies are required by law to provide their employees with this type of insurance, so injured workers don’t have to worry about finding ways to pay the bills while they recover. Sometimes, though,…
Read MoreCan Using CBD Oils Stop Your Workers’ Compensation Payments?
In recent years, CBD has pervaded many aspects of health industry news, including medical journals and other online articles. Also known as Cannabidiol, CBD has been touted as a natural and safe alternative to treat various chronic pain and other health conditions. Although the buzz about CBD has led to millions of Americans ordering the…
Read MoreWorkers’ Rights When They are Hurt While Doing Road Work
Workers who help repair the highways and roads across Tennessee routinely place their lives in danger. According to WorkZoneSafety.org, close to 800 people were killed in roadway work-zone accident in 2017, and 132 workers were killed. For every death, there are normally many more workers who suffer serious injuries that require surgeries and long-term medical…
Read MoreMy Workers’ Compensation Case Did Not Settle at BRC. What’s Next?
You went to a BRC for your workers’ compensation case and you didn’t settle. So what’s next? Your case is now going to enter into a litigation phase through the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Court at the Tennessee Department of Labor. This is the time where we’ll start moving your case toward a final trial.…
Read MoreWhat Is an IME, and Why Do I Have to Go?
If you’ve been injured at work in Tennessee and you hire our law firm, we may ask you to go to an IME. IME stands for Independent Medical Examination. We do that when we think it’s necessary to get a second opinion on your impairment rating connected to your case. Once you’ve reached maximum medical…
Read MoreMy Work Comp Doctor Released Me…Now What?
One of the many questions that I get asked frequently by workers’ compensation clients is “what happens when (or now that) I am released by the doctor?” What should my attorney do for me once I’m released at Maximum Medical Improvement? Here at Rocky McElhaney Law Firm, when you get released at Maximum Medical Improvement…
Read MoreImpairment Ratings in Workers’ Compensation Cases – Is Yours Correct?
What is an impairment rating? In a Tennessee workers’ compensation claim, one of the most important variables that determines what an injured worker can receive in a monetary disability award is the permanent partial impairment rating assigned for the employee’s injury. Making sure our clients receive the correct rating is one of the many ways…
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