WHAT HAPPENS AFTER MY WORK-INJURY?
Report your accident right away. Insist on an accident-report. Your Employer will generally have you seen at a walk-in clinic. Not just...
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SAVOIE LAW
RUSTY SAVOIE ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC
Rusty Savoie
Apr 5, 20231 min read
WHAT IS A THIRD-PARTY CLAIM?
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....
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Rusty Savoie
Apr 5, 20231 min read
WHAT IF MY EMPLOYER REFUSES TO REPORT MY CLAIM TO THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY?
For most companies, workers’ compensation insurance is the most expensive insurance they have. Any claim will increase their insurance...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20232 min read
WHAT IS A POST-HIRE MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE?
When you are hired or sometimes as part of the application process, you will be asked to fill-out a medical questionnaire. It generally...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
WILL I HAVE TO GO TO COURT?
No. You only go to court when a dispute arises, such as when the insurance company denies your claim, denies treatment requested by your...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
REPORT YOUR ACCIDENT RIGHT AWAY
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...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
WHAT IS A 1009 APPEAL?
When your doctor wants approval for a test, an office visit, surgery, physical therapy, etc., he will submit a written request to the...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
SHOULD I APPLY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS?
If you apply for Social Security Disability and later want to settle your workers’ compensation claim, Social Security will have to be...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
SOME INFORMATION TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
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...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL MAKE: CHOOSING A DOCTOR
In workers’ compensation, the injured worker is entitled to choose his or her own treating physicians. Don’t let the walk-in clinic or...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20232 min read
WHAT IS A FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY EVALUATION (FCE)?
A Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) determines what physical demand level of work you are capable of doing. It must be ordered by your...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
WHAT IS AN SMO AND IME?
In workers’ compensation, the injured workers get to choose of his or her own doctor. The insurance company doctor is referred to as a...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
CAN I APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT?
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...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
WHAT IS A COURT-APPOINTED IME?
In workers’ compensation, the injured worker is entitled to a physician of his choosing in any field needed. That physician is called...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
WILL I GET MY OLD JOB BACK?
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...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20232 min read
WHAT IS THE SETTLEMENT VALUE OF MY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIM?
There are no “pain and suffering” damages in a workers’ compensation claim. Pain and suffering damages is that money someone is owed...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
WHAT IF I FAIL A POST-ACCIDENT DRUG TEST?
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...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
ABOUT RUSTY SAVOIE
Rusty Savoie grew up in Lafourche Parish. He graduated from South Lafourche High School in 1985 and Nicholls State University in 1989. He...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
WILL THE INSURANCE COMPANY DO SURVEILLANCE OF ME?
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...
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Rusty Savoie
Jan 10, 20231 min read
WHAT IF I OWE CHILD SUPPORT?
If you owe child support and the other parent gets a judgment against you, especially if they went through the state, there will likely...
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