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Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury Cases October 2014
Below are the Warnken, LLC workers’ comp cases that received a permanent partial disability award in October. In month with only workers’ compensation cases coming to a close – no car accidents or other personal injury matters – it’s a good time to talk about the truth about workers’ compensation. The truth: it sucks. You […]
An Offer Letter for a Workers’ Comp Attorney
Dear New Workers’ Compensation Attorney: I am pleased to be able to offer you employment as an attorney with Warnken, LLC, beginning on or about July 1, 2015. Please consider all terms of the offer carefully. It’s important to me and to Warnken, LLC that we hire someone who fits what we’re trying to achieve […]
Pain Killer Lawsuits – An Update
On July 31st, we wrote a letter to Peter Angelos and Steve Silverman urging lawsuits be filed against painkiller manufacturers. Currently, there are lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and others filed in Orange and Santa Clara Counties in California and another by the city of Chicago. Purdue has won dismissals in more than 400 personal-injury lawsuits […]
Nurse Case Managers: Friend or Foe to the Injured Worker?
A common question we get from clients is: Do I have to talk to the nurse case manager? Is the nurse case manager really there to help me? First, what is a nurse case manager? The nurse case manager role is actually defined in Maryland law. “A nurse who is certified by the State Board […]
Workers’ Compensation and Injury Cases September 2014
Just like in August, Warnken, LLC brought five workers’ compensation cases to a closed status in September. Their details are below. Also, it’s important to note that workers’ compensation cases are often not “closed.” The case remains open in an official capacity. We say closed because there is no active work on the workers’ compensation […]
Can I Get Fired for Filing a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
It’s probably the most common question we get asked in our workers’ compensation practice. Can I get fired for filing the claim? Can I lose my job? It’s Against Public Policy to Fire You for Filing a Workers’ Compensation Claim and it is Actionable You cannot be fired for filing a workers’ compensation claim in […]
POD’s and Misdiagnosis
A new concept has come across our desk, and it warrants discussion. Physician Owned Distributorships. What are PODs? Profit maximization in the healthcare industry is becoming more and more commonplace, and nothing exemplifies this more than the recent influx of physician owned medical device distributors (PODs). Since doctors can generate referrals that benefit the company […]
Workers’ Compensation and Injury Cases in August
Warnken, LLC completed five workers’ compensation cases in August. No two cases are ever the same, and getting good results in one case doesn’t mean it will be the same in another. This is true even if the injured body part is the exact same. But we do want to give you an idea of […]
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy and DNA
“The Majority’s holding means that a person can no longer vote, participate in a jury, or obtain a driver’s license, without opening up his genetic material for state collection and codification. Unlike DNA left in the park or a restaurant, these are all instances where the person has identified himself to the government authority. All […]
Malingerers Everywhere! How Do We Deal with all the Fakers?
At Warnken, LLC, we have so many people calling us for help in workers’ compensation that I often need other people to answer the phone and have the first conversations with our potential clients. It’s a good problem to have from a selfish standpoint. We have a lot of clients. However, I’m so passionate about […]