Workplace Injury Litigation Book is designed to serve as an important resource for legal
professionals involved in workplace injury law. It explores the most common types of injuries that occur in the workplace, guides you through the practice and procedures of workplace compensation law, and delves into the ethics and administration of the systems currently in place.
Workers' compensation law is a complex field in which even a seasoned litigator may occasionally need the guidance of an expert. The compensibility of
on-the-job injuries and death varies from state to state, many genuine injuries are subjective (i.e., with little or no physical evidence of damage), insurance
companies can and do vigorously resist the payment of benefits, the
bureaucracy of the appeals process can be a tangle . . .
This volume provides ideas, analysis, techniques, and appraisals of various workers' compensation issues for practitioners by practitioners. The editors have put together chapters from leading medical and legal experts in the field. Attorneys and judges--as well as healthcare providers, employers,insurance
company representatives and vocational experts--will find new ideas, fresh perspectives, and just plain good advice.
Topics covered include:
- chronic pain management
- spine injuries in the workplace
- how to analyze and try the knee-injury case
- compensability of work-related heart attacks
- subjective disability
- the psychiatric injury
- occupational skin disorders
- when is an employee not covered
- concurrency and conflict
- cross-examinging the vocational expert
- taking the doctor's deposition: advice for attorneys and doctors
- the bankrupt uninsured employer
- special benefits for California public safety employees
- wrongful termination in workers' compensation
- deposing your opponent's medical experts
- representing undocumented workers
- ethical considerations for workers' compensation practitioners
- exploring legislative and administrative efforts to reduce
litigation in the California workers' compensation system.
Published by Lawyers & Judges, Inc. with support from WISI, Workplace Injury Studies Institute.
Books may be purchased at www.lawyersandjudges.com
