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Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement

Denver Work Injury Lawyer - If you are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits due to a work injury, the payments and medical care you receive are typically finite. Once your treating physician okays your ability to return to work, your benefits end. This is the situation in temporary disability cases.<br>

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Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement

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  1. Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement

  2. Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement Maximum Medical Improvement At some stage during your care, you will reach a point where your recovery is at an endpoint. This means that you are not likely to continue improving, even if you are not back to your pre-injury state. If your injury was severe, it’s possible that you may not be physically able to return to the workforce.

  3. Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement Normally, in a settlement arrangement, the employer and insurer pay a certain sum of money to the injured worker to settle all past, present and future financial obligations. In return for these settlement funds, the employee gives up any and all future demands and claims against them.

  4. Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement Therefore, a workers’ compensation settlement must be very carefully negotiated to ensure that that all your current and future needs will continue to be met.

  5. Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement When you sign a settlement agreement, you give up the following rights under the workers’ compensation benefits system: • Temporary disability benefits • Permanent disability benefits • Permanent total disability benefits • Future medical treatment • Disfigurement compensation • Penalty fees against the insurance company and/or your employer

  6. Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement Reopening Your Settlement In Colorado, when you enter into a settlement agreement, you give up the right to reopen your workers’ compensation case due to a mistake or if your condition worsens. It may be possible to reopen the settlement agreement, but only if you can prove fraud or that a mutual mistake of material fact occurred.

  7. Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement Mutual Mistake of Material Fact This is a high bar to meet. The mistake must be one made by both sides of the agreement, and it must be an error that has essential bearing on your case. Higher unanticipated bills or additional medical treatment requirements do not constitute a mutual mistake of material fact.

  8. Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement England v. Amerigas Propane This case is an example of the stringent requirement for reopening a workers’ compensation settlement agreement. The Colorado Supreme Court decided the case on September 30, 2017. Truck driver England was injured in 2012, and he entered into a settlement agreement governed by the Colorado Worker’s Compensation Act. In 2013,

  9. Denver Work Injury Lawyer - The Importance of Securing a Comprehensive Workers' Compensation Settlement Turn to an experienced and knowledgeable Colorado workers’ compensation lawyer to help you determine the best approach when you have been seriously injured at work. If a settlement agreement is your best option, your attorney can skillfully negotiate terms that will ensure your continued care and financial stability in the wake of your injury. Get a free review of your workers’ compensation case with our expert Denver area workers’ compensation attorneys now.

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