Description
This treatise serves as a guide for lawyers, students, workers, and human resource and insurance professionals. It explores case law, administrative agency decisions, and department memoranda in-depth and examines the workers' compensation process from initial client intake through claim resolution, providing practice notes and tips to help resolve practical issues. Significant issues covered include handling scheduled injuries versus unscheduled injuries, based on the significant differences in benefits and recoveries applicable to each; the legal definitions of and consequences for proof between occupational injuries and traumatic injuries; and vocational rehabilitation for workers with permanent restrictions and consequences for workers, employers, and insurers.