Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Attorney Blog

What Are My Chances of Getting Approved For Social Security Disability Benefits? This is one of the most frequently asked questions we are asked when interviewing potential clients.  Unfortunately, it is also one of the most difficult questions to answer. People who are injured or have a medical condition that makes them unable to work…

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…

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…

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…

How Much Is My Workers Comp Case Worth? This is one of the most common questions asked of attorneys practicing in workers compensation, or any personal injury type of law. For someone who has sustained a work-related injury, with potentially career ending consequences, this is often times their primary concern. Are they going to be…

What to do when your Employer is uncooperative following an injury at work? You’ve been injured at work. Your doctor says you’re disabled from working. You need to file a claim for workers’ comp benefits, and you need certain information to do so. Unfortunately, your Employer is refusing to give you the information you need.…

The Department of Industrial Accidents Reviewing Board recently held that the standards M.G.L. chapter 152, section 27 were not met, thus affirming the decision of the Administrative Judge. Click here for a link to the case. M.G.L. chapter 152, Section 27, pertains to situations involving an injury caused by the “serious and wilful misconduct” of…

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…

Recently, the DIA Reviewing Board in Boston addressed in a recent opinion what percentage a work injury must contribute to establish a “compensable injury” under the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Act, where multiple, non-work-related factors are present. In this most recent case, Jane Sullivan v. Centrus Premier Home Care, the Insurer appealed the decision of the…

Department of Industrial Accidents Review Board in Boston, affirms the favorable decision from the lower level.