Kentucky Workers Compensation Practice For Paralegals

Workers' Compensation Practice for Paralegals is a textbook and practice guide for paralegals and other legal professionals who work in the area of workers' compensation law. The book addresses practical tasks associated with the law office management of workers' compensation cases, including an overview of workers' compensation law, determining compensable claims, evaluating and accepting cases, reviewing and summarizing medical records, investigating claims, obtaining evidence, drafting pleadings and preparing for mediations and hearings. More complex tasks, such as handling catastrophic injuries and death claims, Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements, third party claims and bankrupt defendants, are also discussed. Each chapter includes practice tips to help paralegals become proficient in the practice of workers' compensation law, as well as references to find the most up-to-date information regarding various aspects of workers' compensation practice. Sample documents are included to illustrate the kinds of documents paralegals may draft in a typical private law practice. Workers' Compensation Practice for Paralegals is unique because it is written specifically for paralegals by an attorney/paralegal team with a combination of over thirty years of practice in workers' compensation law. In addition, both authors have experience teaching law students and paralegals in college settings. Recognizing that there are excellent state-specific workers' compensation reference books for workers' compensation practitioners, this book is intended to guide and train paralegal students, paralegals and other legal professionals new to the practice of workers' compensation law. Straightforward and easy to read, it provides its readers with an overview of the essential skills necessary to perform substantive work on any workers' compensation case, as well as the tools to find the information they need to make a significant contribution to a workers' compensation practice, whether it be their own state-specific rules and forms, Medicare's current WCMSA requirements or medical references.

Workersa Compensation Law provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day practice of this field while addressing theoretical aspects that form a critical foundation for this branch of law. Reviews how a worker's compensation case begins and explains activities involved in those cases, such as drafting petitions, presenting cases to an administrative law judge, and bringing an appeal. The theoretical basis of the material is laid out in easy to understand and enjoyable format reinforced with practical real-life examples. Although written with paralegal-specific information, the content includes information vital to anyone dealing with Workersa Compensation issues.

This book explores the performance of compensation law in addressing the needs of the injured. Compensation procedure can be dangerous to your health and often fails to compensate without aggravation/ creating other problems. This book takes a refreshing and insightful approach to the law of compensation, considering from an interdisciplinary perspective the actual effect of compensation law on people seeking compensation. Tort law, workers' compensation, medical law, industrial injury law and other schemes are examined and unintended consequences for injured people are considered. These include ongoing physical and mental illness, failure to rehabilitate, the impact on social security entitlements, medical care as well as the impact on those who serve - the lawyers, administrators, medical practitioners etc. All are explored in this timely and fascinating book. Contributors include lawyers, psychologists, and medical practitioners from multiple jurisdictions including Australia, Netherlands, Canada, Italy and the UK

The only resource of its kind, Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Law: The Basics: A Primer for New Lawyers, General Practitioners & Others, is an up-to-date and easy-to-understand guide to Pennsylvania workers' compensation law, practice and procedure. This book is designed to be used as a desk reference by injured workers, employers, attorneys, paralegals, claims adjusters, self-insured employers and vocational rehabilitation workers. Written in plain English and without any legalese by Attorney Daniel J. Siegel, former Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section and a frequent lecturer and author on this area of law, and Attorney Molly Barker Gilligan, the book includes: The latest version of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act and Regulations; A detailed explanation of the Pennsylvania statutes and regulations; Helpful tips for anyone seeking to better understand Pennsylvania's complex workers' compensation system. The book covers everything, including: What Is Workers' Compensation; Total Temporary Disability Benefits; Partial Disability; Medical Benefits; How Does An Attorney Get Paid?; Substantive Law; Procedural Law; The Statute Of Limitations; What Are a Worker's Rights?; Employee Obligations; Employer Obligations; Obtaining Benefits; Who Is An Employer/Employee; Medical Care Issues; What Doctor Can I See?; The Myth Of The 90 Day Rule for Medical Care; Litigation; Light Duty Job Offers; Vocational Interviews; Labor Market Surveys; Impairment Rating Evaluations; Uninsured Employers; Evidentiary Principles; Mediation; Decisions; Appeals.