When Is The Right Time To Get A Workers’ Compensation Attorney? People who have sustained a work-related injury, which puts them out of work indefinitely, have immediate concerns. The first, and probably most important question is, will I be able to sustain myself, financially, while I’m out of work. This is precisely why Workers’ Compensation…
Continue reading ›Part 1 of this blog dealt with how weekly workers’ compensation benefits and monthly Social Security Disability benefits can offset each other. But what happens if you settle your workers’ comp case? In Part 1, we used an exmaple of someone in an “offset situation.” That individual was receiving both weekly workers’ comp benefits at…
Continue reading ›The Short answer is “Yes.” However, depending upon certain factors, one may not be able to collect his or her Social Security Disability benefit in full. This is because the receipt of weekly workers’ compensation benefits under M.G.L. Chapter 152 can create an “offset” on Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits. In other words, workers comp…
Continue reading ›Every year, the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) hosts a one-day seminar focused on Workers’ Compensation Practice in Massachusetts. The day is broken into several sessions focusing on relevant topics in Workers’ Compensation Practice, both in Massachusetts as well as on the national level. For the second year, attorney Adam Troupe, of the Troupe Law…
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