Some of the services that our law firm can provide are:
- Defense of workers’ compensation claims before the State of Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Mashantucket tribal courts, the Mohegan tribal courts, and the Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Commission
- Defense of heart and hypertension claims under General Statutes section 7-433c
- Settlement analysis
- Depositions of witnesses
- Medical legal conferences with physicians
- Review of files regarding need for Medicare set aside
- Appellate defense before the Compensation Review Board, Supreme and Appellate courts of the State of Connecticut, Federal Benefits Review Board, and Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States Supreme Court
- All adminisistrative appeals
- Preparation of full and final settlements of workers’ compensation claims
- Preparation of stipulations to date
- Preparation of all statutory forms including form 43 for contestment of claims, form 36 to terminate benefits, and voluntary agreements
- Preparation of general releases and resignation forms
- Defense of wrongful termination claims under General Statutes section 31-290a
- Pursuit of subrogation claims to recover workers’ compensation liens in third party civil claims
- Defense of intentional tort claims against employers in state or federal court
- Reimbursement claims against the second injury fund regarding concurrent income and cost of living claims
- Free seminars to employers, insurance carriers or third party administrators regarding workers’ compensation issues
- Recommendations to employers regarding establishment of protocols for filing workers’ compensation claims
- Mediation of disputed workers’ compensation claims