Workers Compensation
Will 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…
Read MoreI’ve Hired You to Represent Me in My Workers’ Compensation Case; Now What?
As your lawyer in your workers’ compensation case, we’re gonna take over talking to the adjuster. We’re gonna take over talking to the nurse case manager, and we’re gonna take over handling your claim. You are now free to worry about getting better and getting back to work. Our paralegal will be assigned, and she’ll…
Read MoreWill I Be Fired for Making a Workers’ Compensation Claim in Tennessee?
If you’re injured at work in Tennessee, it is illegal for the employer to fire you if you make a claim. Now rest assured if you get put on restrictions and you’re not able to do the job after your injury, the employer can let you go. If it’s also a very small company…
Read MoreShould I Close My Medical Benefits in My Workers’ Compensation Case?
In these uncertain times of health insurance in America, it’s not wise for you to close out your medical benefits in your workers’ compensation case. If you settle your claim with open benefits, then you receive those medical benefits for your entire life, for whatever treatment is needed for this injury, so long as the…
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