Dec 18, 2019 | Compensability
Are You Covered Under Workers’ Compensation When Injured Off-the-Clock? Workers’ compensation claims can be quite complicated. With the changing weather in December, it has us at Kaplan Morrell thinking about when and where work injuries might occur. Here...
Jul 24, 2019 | Compensability
Can You Claim Workers’ Compensation Benefits for PTSD? With June being PTSD month, we recently took on that topic that can be quite confusing. We frequently handle cases with post-traumatic stress disorders in workers’ compensation injuries. As you could imagine, in...
Sep 22, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
Workers’ Compensation provides medical care, lost wages, and other benefits to compensate employees who sustain injuries on the job. What happens if you decide to quit your job after your work injury in Colorado without consulting with a lawyer? The answer is...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
How should I report my injury? This week we had to decline the case of a worker who injured his ankle getting out of a truck. He was a new worker at the booming oil fields in Northern Colorado. He twisted his ankle, but didn’t report it right away. Co-workers...
Aug 21, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
Can you get workers’ compensation if it is against your religion to work for wages? One of the most recent debates opening the New Year involves the Montana Hutterite religious community. The Montana Supreme Court narrowly ruled that requirements for...