The mediation session will not cost either participant. The Industrial Commission does not charge for a mediation sessions, and the Commission pays the mediator’s expenses. Dennis Burks has been the mediator for the Commission for over a decade. He has mediated over 10,000 Idaho Workers’ Compensation cases.
To change treating physicians you need a referral from your current treating physician to a new treating physician. Sometimes your treating physician may to decline to do so, if this is the case, a request can be made to the insurance company. If the insurance company refuses your request, then…
The always-fascinating EconTalk podcast had as its guest on January 18 “sneakerhead” Josh Luber of Campless.com, a site dedicated to tracking the secondary market in sneakers. There is a thriving market on Ebay and other sites in sneakers, particularly Nike basketball shoes. Just about every week, Nike releases small production…
Your treating physician’s opinion may used and considered as evidence to support your case, but an insurance company may base its decision on the opinion of another physician other then your treating doctor. The insurance companies call their doctors independent medical evaluators or IME doctors. This is common and can…
The most important thing is, go see a doctor and get better. There is time later to worry about the legal issues surrounding your accident. Also, getting to the doctor quickly may help your case. It is common for certain kinds of injuries in relatively minor accidents to go unnoticed…
Husband and wife were driving/riding on a motorcycle and were involved in a collision with a car; wife sustained fatal injuries. Through a series of additional very unfortunate events, not all of wife’s medical bills were timely billed to her insurance company for payment. The at-fault driver of the…
This is a tactic that workers’ compensation insurance companies use to defend against your Idaho workers’ compensation claim. The can require you to go see one of their doctors they refer to as independent medical evaluators or IME doctors. They can choose to use the reports generated by the IME…
You took a car trip over the holidays, and got in a wreck. Now you are recovering from personal injuries caused by someone who lives in another state. It looks like you will have to sue to get compensation. What do you do? You will probably have to sue in…
Ratings can get a little complicated when converting into benefits. Ratings should be based on the body part closest to the injury and converted to the “whole person” percentage. There are set percentages that are designated for specific body parts, which then can be converted to a whole person impairment…
Clients should look for and retain an attorney who they feel they can freely and openly communicate with on all aspects of their case. The case should be viewed and handled as a team; the process requires teamwork and candid communication, with all involved working together towards an understood…