The days after suffering a workplace injury can be painful, confusing, and stressful. However, it is critical that you take important steps in the days after your accident to ensure that you receive maximum coverage under workers’ compensation for your…
For most workplace injuries in Virginia, filing a workers’ compensation claim is the exclusive remedy for employees hurt on the job. However, there are certain circumstances where a person can sue their employer when they suffer a workplace injury. It…
Getting injured on the job can be a scary and confusing experience, and filing a workers’ compensation claim with your employer is not always the most straightforward process. It can be difficult to understand what exactly you will receive in…
Social Security can offer invaluable support to individuals with disabilities, but its scope often extends far beyond the immediate beneficiary. Many families in Virginia and nationwide worry about how benefits will help a spouse or divorced spouse if the main…
Every year, the Social Security Administration makes small alterations to the benefits and requirements of Social Security Disability benefits. Although these changes are usually small, for people who do not have a significant amount of disposable income on Social Security…
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to a construction worker injured on the job while rehabbing a historic school building. The court ruled that the man was hired by an unlicensed…
Virginia firefighters have been pushing for changes to the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act that would include several cancers to the list of presumed work-related illnesses already in the Act. According to a multi-year Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study, firefighters…
The Virginia Workers’ compensation system designed to provide immediate benefits to an employee injured on the job and protect employers from liability for these workplace accidents. In exchange for benefits, the employee agrees to forego filing a lawsuit for compensation…
The Social Security Administration has announced five more conditions that qualify for the Compassionate Allowance Program, bringing the total list up to 233 conditions that qualify a person for the program. The five new conditions are fibrolamellar cancer, megacystis microcolon…
Applying for Social Security disability benefits is a long and complex process, but issues at the Social Security Administration are now causing even more delays. The Social Security Administration attributes the longer wait times for hearing decisions to a number…
