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The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act applies to most employers in the state. If you work for a covered employer and receive injuries on the job, workers’ comp should pay all your medical expenses. Unfortunately, sometimes the workers’ compens… Read More

Workers’ compensation law in Virginia is governed under the Virginia Workers’ Compensations Act. The Act is a detailed, complex state law that requires most employers in the state to provide insurance for work-related injuries and certain disease… Read More

Traumatic brain injury, also called TBI, is the medical term for a specific type of head injury caused by a sudden event. Many types of occurrences can cause a traumatic brain injury. Some TBI accidents result in workers’ compensation and personal… Read More

Highway construction activities peak every year in the summer months, and 2020 is no exception. Everywhere a work zone exists, the risk of an accident increases. Motorists, passengers, and highway workers suffer numerous injuries from summer work zon… Read More

Whether you call it teleworking, telecommuting, working from home / WFH (a digital communications acronym that gained popularity during Covid-19), mobile work, or remote work, the new normal for about a third of Americans involves working at home. Th… Read More

Earlier this year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics analyzed workplace fatalities of workers age 55 and older and found that while the overall number of fatalities declined from 1992 to 2017, the number of work-related deaths for older workers inc… Read More

Whether you are an employer or employee, the prospect of contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19) at work leaves many wondering whether this situation can result in a compensable Virginia workers’ compensation claim. At present, there is no definitiv… Read More

If you were injured in a workplace accident or because of occupational disease and your claim was denied by your employer or their workers’ compensation insurer, you may be left wondering what options you have. If you believe you are entitled to Vi… Read More