Workers Compensation

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Injuries can be devastating for workers and their families – sometimes ending a job or a career. Colorado Workers’ Compensation law can be difficult to understand, making it hard to get benefits. Finding good advice is important.

Workers may not understand that an adjuster works for, and represents, their employer’s insurance company. We believe that injured workers deserve someone who represents only them.

The questions we often hear from our clients can help workers decide what to do. We have included those kinds of questions in our new Handbook – see the Table of Contents below.

In addition, there is no charge for talking with our firm about a worker’s case. We accept work on a contingency basis - a percentage fee based upon the worker’s settlement.

Our reputation is strong and built upon more than 30 years of representing workers injured on the job in negotiation and in trial. We work hard to help injured workers receive the kind of medical care they need and to regain their lives.

We represent injured workers from many of the largest unions, associations and work forces across the state of Colorado including:

If you are injured on the job, we invite you to call us to discuss your situation at no cost or obligation. Request our free booklet* any time: “Colorado Workers’ Compensation - Employee Union and Association Handbook”.

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"Colorado Workers' Compensation Employee Union and Association Handbook"
by Fogel Keating Wagner Polidori Free, P.C.

Table of Contents

  1. Why should I read this handbook?
  2. Why do I need a lawyer?
  3. How will my attorney be paid?
  4. What is Workers' Compensation?
  5. Injured workers’ 9 most common mistakes
  6. When and how do I report my accident?
  7. Who pays my medical expenses?
  8. What if my claim for Workers' Compensation benefits is admitted?
  9. What if my claim for Workers' Compensation benefits is denied?
  10. Isn’t it obvious that I was hurt doing my job?
  11. Can I sue the negligent person who caused my on the job injury and still collect Workers' Compensation?
  12. What’s included in Temporary Disability?
  13. When do my Temporary Disability payments end?
  14. Can my Workers' Compensation benefits be reduced?
  15. What should I do about Social Security, Pension or Disability benefits?
  16. What are my obligations to my employer?
  17. Should I submit to a Functional Capacities Evaluation (FCE) before I am released by a doctor?
  18. What is a Permanent Impairment rating? What happens at the end of my case?
  19. What’s the difference between Permanent Impairment and Permanent Total Disability?
  20. What is disfigurement?
  21. What happens if I can never return to any type of work? - Permanent Total Disability
  22. Will my future medical care be paid by the insurance company when I reach Maximum Medical Improvement? - Medical Maintenance
  23. When do I receive the Final Admission of Liability?
  24. Can I appeal the Permanent Disability rating given to me by the Workers’ Compensation doctor?
  25. If there is a dispute, can I go to court during my Workers' Compensation case?
  26. How does a case settle?
  27. Can I re-open my claim after my case is closed?

The above is not legal advice. That can only come from a qualified attorney who is familiar with all the facts and circumstances of a particular, specific case and the relevant law. See Terms of Use.