A workers’ compensation claimant who commits fraud loses his or her right to benefits and can be sued by the Employer for reimbursement of any benefits paid. Fraud in a workers’ compensation claim is lying in an effort to receive benefits. For example, if you are found to have lied about having an on-the-job accident. Most often it is you forgot something. If you hurt your back on-the-job and are asked in a recorded statement or asked by a doctor if you ever hurt your back be

The law allows your attorney to take 20% of your weekly workers’ compensation check. I do not. My fee is 20% of any settlement if, down the road, I am able to settle your claim. Some cases don’t settle and often I advise clients not to settle if a future surgery is recommended and they don’t have health insurance or Medicaid. If no settlement, you don’t owe me anything. I have plenty of clients I help without ever receiving a fee, which is fine with me.

What is the settlement value of my worker's compensation claim? There are no “pain and suffering” damages in a workers’ compensation claim. Pain and suffering damages is that money someone is owed merely because they were hurt and suffered pain. That does not exist in workers’ compensation. Clients often tell me, “They owe me for what this accident has done to my life.” Unfortunately, they do not in a workers’ compensation claim. The only thing they owe you is medical care an