Report your accident right away. Insist on an accident-report. Your Employer will generally have you seen at a walk-in clinic. Not just...

Some on-the-job accidents involve two claims. For example, if you are involved in an on-the-job car accident, you may have two claims....

For most companies, workers’ compensation insurance is the most expensive insurance they have. Any claim will increase their insurance...

When you are hired or sometimes as part of the application process, you will be asked to fill-out a medical questionnaire. It generally...

No. You only go to court when a dispute arises, such as when the insurance company denies your claim, denies treatment requested by your...

Often, a worker will injure himself and not report it hoping it gets better. Then, when the pain continues, he will report it the next...

When your doctor wants approval for a test, an office visit, surgery, physical therapy, etc., he will submit a written request to the...

If you apply for Social Security Disability and later want to settle your workers’ compensation claim, Social Security will have to be...

There are no damages in a workers’ compensation claim. If you are in a car accident and it is not your fault, you can sue for personal...

In workers’ compensation, the injured worker is entitled to choose his or her own treating physicians. Don’t let the walk-in clinic or...

A Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) determines what physical demand level of work you are capable of doing. It must be ordered by your...

In workers’ compensation, the injured workers get to choose of his or her own doctor. The insurance company doctor is referred to as a...

In your workers’ compensation claim, you are saying you are unable to work due to your on-the-job accident and injury. If you apply for...

In workers’ compensation, the injured worker is entitled to a physician of his choosing in any field needed. That physician is called...

If your Employer has at least 50 employees working within 75 miles of each other and you worked for them for at least 1,250 hours in the...

There are no “pain and suffering” damages in a workers’ compensation claim. Pain and suffering damages is that money someone is owed...

If you are injured on-the-job, your Employer is entitled to have you drug tested. However, it is not necessarily the end of your claim if...

Rusty Savoie grew up in Lafourche Parish. He graduated from South Lafourche High School in 1985 and Nicholls State University in 1989. He...

When I started practicing many years ago, you knew if you were being surveilled. A car or van with tinted windows would park in front of...

If you owe child support and the other parent gets a judgment against you, especially if they went through the state, there will likely...