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Injuries to Janitors and Custodial Workers Are Rising

According to the Centers for Disease control, there are about 2.3 million custodial workers. That number is expected to rise another 250,000 by 2020. Over 1,400,000 people work as maids and cleaners in health care facilities such as hospitals and hotels. Janitors, custodians, maids and cleaners are all at risk for a serious injury. Workers …

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Workers’ Compensation Issues for Janitors and other Maintenance Workers

Janitors and custodians perform a variety of tasks in retail, office, medical, public service and other settings that can cause an injury or an occupation illness. These are just some of the many types of accidents or illnesses my law firm handles for injured janitors and custodians: Slip and Fall Accidents. Almost anything a janitor …

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Workers’ Compensation Issues for Janitors and other Maintenance Workers

Janitors and custodians perform a variety of tasks in retail, office, medical, public service and other settings that can cause an injury or an occupation illness. These are just some of the many types of accidents or illnesses my law firm handles for injured janitors and custodians: Slip and Fall Accidents. Almost anything a janitor …

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Medicare Approval of Medicare Set Asides and Worker’s Compensation Settlement Agreements

If you are a current Medicare recipient at the time of settlement, then Medicare will also have to sign off on the MSA in the Worker’s Compensation Agreement in North Carolina. Unfortunately, getting approval from Medicare can be an exasperating process. While it’s not as bad as it used to be, it can take Medicare up six months to approve the MSA. This makes the decision to submit the agreement to the North Carolina Industrial Commission a little problematic.

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Reasonable Range of Figures for Settlement of your Comp Claim

The total projected sum that is the maximum payout of all the figures that you could possibly be entitled to will not be the amount of settlement. Because it is projected into the future, several other factors have to be considered to determine the potential settlement range of figures. They are as follows:

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Settlement Keys – Back-to-Work with Restrictions – Family Circumstances

Settling a worker’s compensation case when a doctor says you can return to work is especially difficult – if you don’t have any family members or people who you can rely on. These workers need every dollar they can get. Workers with relatives who can help out are under less pressure to get every dollar. They can take less money to settle their claim.

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Typical Vocational Rehabilitation Manager Scenario

There are many reasons why an employee may ask to reschedule a meeting with the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. The employee can be ill, there can be a family function or matter to attend to, the employee may not have transportation to the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VCR) that day. On occasion, the employee may forget about the meeting.

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Virginia Beach, VA 23462

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Elizabeth City, NC 27907

If you are looking at this site, you or a loved one has probably been hurt. If that's true, you've come to the right place. Helping people who have been hurt is what we do. In fact, it is all we do. Joe Miller Law is a law firm concentrating exclusively on representing people who are injured by the carelessness of others or those hurt on the job. We provide the highest quality legal services to people who have been seriously injured. We practice Personal Injury law and Workmens' Compensation law in both Virginia and North Carolina.