Our Blog Category: Workers’ Compensation

People expect to show up to work and have a safe environment and an employer who cares about their wellbeing. While this is true in many cases, unfortunately, sometimes this isn’t the case. Whether it’s due to an employer who doesn’t care about their workers or another unlucky situation, people often get injured on the…

The office of the District of Columbia workers’ compensation has created an easy process to submit the necessary documents when an employee of a company is involved in a workplace accident or injury. The workers’ compensation process was established due to some employers treating their employees poorly and putting them in grave danger. This type…

Losing a loved one is always a terrible thing. It can be even more devastating worse when it could have been avoided and was caused by the negligence of another person. Wrongful death is typically defined as a death caused by someone’s negligence, though wrongful death claims can also be filed for intentional acts as…

New Employee Checklist: Wage – Check; Health Benefits – Check; Survivorship Benefits – WHAT?!!!! CNBC reports that 4,764 U.S. workers died on the job in 2020, thus yielding an average of 13 workplace deaths per day and one worker dying every 111 minutes. People who continue working in person were more likely to experience workplace…

Quick Summary: A worker, entitled to D.C. workers’ compensation benefits, has the freedom to choose the contractor who will construct modifications to the home. In 2006, David Young was tragically injured in a work-related automobile accident leaving him a quadriplegic.  His disability claim against his private-sector employer was approved and he was awarded workers compensation…