Understanding Workers' Compensation Benefits

When is the appropriate time to consider settlement? What are the advantages and disadvantages of settlement and what factors should be considered? How can you offer your client the most protection relative to the settlement contract language? This session will discuss negotiations, settlement contracts, what to include and address in settlement, MSA, liens, and how to explain the process to your client and discuss dispute settlements. Originally presented as part of the Work Comp Boot Camp 2023.

Get a Petitioner’s and Respondent’s perspective on how to evaluate whether a case is compensable. Review the case law and the basics of all workers’ compensation cases, including jurisdiction, statute of limitations, accident, medical causation, employer/employee relationship, average weekly wage, the benefits a person would be entitled to and more. Originally presented as part of the Work Comp Boot Camp 2023.

What do we have to prove, how do we prove it, what are we asking for, and how do we prepare witnesses for trial? Learn best practices for setting the case for trial, pre-trials, and at trial. The discussion will include evidentiary issues, what evidence are you presenting and why such as: surveillance, social media, witnesses, and depositions. Originally presented as part of the Work Comp Boot Camp 2023.