workers compensation

Michigan Supreme Court Changes Independent Contractor Criterion, Allows Worker to Sue For Auto No Fault Benefits for His Injury

A recent ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that each criterion of the Michigan workers compensation statue must be met for a worker to be deemed an employee and that a failure to meet any one of them would indicates the worker is a sub contractor. This ruling came from a case in Michigan Supreme Court Changes Independent Contractor Criterion, Allows Worker to Sue For Auto No Fault Benefits for His Injury

Alive and Well Check Provide Cost Effective Follow Up on Long Term Workers Compensation Claims

Far too many workers compensation carriers and self insured entities leave older workers compensation claims lingering for years without any real oversight. Often times, as these long term benefit recipients settle into their new, post employment life, they begin doing new things and, unfortunately, sometimes enter the underground economy to supplement their income. Rather than Alive and Well Check Provide Cost Effective Follow Up on Long Term Workers Compensation Claims

Victory for PA Work Comp Insurers Use of Surveillance

DAUPHIN COUNTY REPORTS 121 Tagouma v. Investigative Consultant Services, Inc., et al. Torts — Invasion of Privacy — Intrusion upon Seclusion — Expectation of Privacy — Abuse of Process. Plaintiff was videotaped by a private investigator who had been hired to investigate the validity of his workers’ compensation claim for an alleged work-related injury. He Victory for PA Work Comp Insurers Use of Surveillance