Workers Compensation

WISCONSIN WORKERS CASE LAW UPDATE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT DECISIONS 1. Flug v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., 2017 Wis. 72 (2017) 2. Operton v. LIRC, 2017 WI 46, 375 Wis. 2d 1, 894 N.W. 2d 426. COURT OF APPEALS DECISIONS (UNPUBLISHED) 3. Amalga Composites, Inc. v. LIRC, 2016 AP 1445 (Ct. App. July 5, 2017) 4. Anthony San… Read more

With all the different types of workers’ compensation and SSDI, it’s hard to know what applies to your case. An experienced SSDI attorney can help you learn more about your claim options within the SSDI limitations. Essentially permanent partial disability refers to someone who will be unable to work for an extended period of time. The shortest… Read more

If you’ve been injured at work in Wisconsin to the point where you can no longer continue working, your main concern is going to be how you will continue to make money. After all, the compensation you receive from working your job is what allows you to live the lifestyle that you do. Without it,… Read more

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Connecting Scheduled and Unscheduled Injuries in Wisconsin Workers Compensation. Since 1993, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) has become the term used by health professionals to describe the condition formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy now CRPS-I, and Causalgia now CRPS-II. Both CRPS types I and II are characterized with excessive or… Read more

If you are injured at work and are able to receive workers’ compensation benefits, it is comforting to know you will be taken care of in the short-term. But you will undoubtedly wonder what will happen once you are able to come back to work. Will your job still be available? And can you be… Read more

Since March 2, 2016, worker’s compensation law added an additional provision that temporary total and temporary partial disability can be denied if the injured worker was terminated for misconduct or substantial fault. This change was initiated because employers did not want to continue temporary disability or lost wages benefits for an employee that they discharged… Read more

In the state of Wisconsin, you have a number of rights when you are hurt on the job. And if your injury requires you to miss work, you will want to know the facts about obtaining workers’ compensation. For many individual, getting workers’ comp is the defining factor to being able to maintain their livelihood…. Read more

It’s a common question for individuals who feel they may have a workers’ compensation case in Wisconsin – or those who are waiting on a decision on an active case. How much is my workers’ compensation case worth? Like many situations where multiple individual factors come into play, there isn’t always a cut and dried… Read more

When dealing with workers’ compensation cases, our experience has been that many of these instances are pretty straight-forward, i.e. the worker suffers an injury on the job, the liability claim is processed, and the employee receives the benefits that they are entitled. But, when what happens when your case is unique? What if there was… Read more