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Worker’s Compensation
How does workers compensation work?
If you’re injured during work, your employer is generally responsible for taking care of your medical needs. They do this using a type of insurance coverage called workers’ compensation. When workers’ comp is done right, it can do a lot to help you heal and get you...
Do I Really Need a Lawyer?
I’ve often been asked, if I’ve been injured in an accident, do I really need an experienced personal injury lawyer to represent my interest? My answer to that is always yes, yes you do. Insurance companies have attorneys working hard for them, to protect their interest, and so should you.
Who pays medical bills after a serious accident?
One question we get all the time is who pays the medical bills following a serious accident and before the case is settled? Following an accident where you’ve been seriously injured, your own automobile policy has to pay the medical bills up to a certain amount. This...
When does an injured worker need a lawyer?
Hi, I’m Bram Weidenaar with Alvine Weidenaar. I’ve been representing injured workers for over 25 years. Frequently I’m asked, “When does an injured worker need a lawyer?” There are three situations in which an injured worker should hire an experienced workers’...
How soon after an injury accident should I call a personal injury attorney
If you’re involved in an injury accident you should immediately contact law enforcement. And you should cooperate fully and be truthful to any responding law enforcement officers. After calling law enforcement, your next step should be to call lawyer who...
Subrogation – Personal Injury Attorney Help
If my insurance company pays for my medical bills after I have been injured, do I still have to pay back my insurance after I settle my bodily injury claim? Following your injury, your automobile insurance and/or your health insurance carrier may have paid medical...
Working With a Managed Care Nurse
Does the insurance company nurse have to go into your doctor’s appointment? Frequently, I’m asked whether the insurance company nurse always gets to go into the examination room when the injured employee is seeing that employee’s treating doctor. Upon reporting an...
Returning to Work After a Work Injury
I am frequently asked about returning to work after a work injury. Usually, the worker has the misfortune of being injured seriously enough that the injured worker’s doctor orders the worker to cease all work activities while recuperating from the injury. ...
Getting a Second Opinion After Your Independent Medical Examination
People come to see me because the workers compensation insurer wants to send the injured worker to a doctor for an “independent medical examination”.
Do I have to use the company doctor?
We frequently get contacted by injured workers telling us that their company wants to send them to the company’s doctor. The answer is generally no. The injured employee has the right to select their physician. We normally recommend that you go to your...
Why hire Alvine Weidenaar?
If you’ve been seriously injured in an accident, not all attorneys have the same success and experience in representing injured parties. At Alvine Weidenaar, that’s all we do is represent injured parties who’ve been seriously injured in motorcycle accidents, motor...
What kind of legal work does Alvine Weidenaar do?
One of the most common questions we get asked is what kind of legal work do you guys do? We are primarily an injury law firm. We have offices in Sioux Fall and Mitchell, South Dakota that handle all types of injury cases. Some of the most common types of injury...
What Happens After Reporting a Work Injury?
In a previous blog posting, I wrote about reporting a work injury to the employer. In this blog, I want to discuss what happens in a worker’s compensation claim immediately after the injured worker reports the injury to the employer. In South Dakota, the...
Doctor Choice After A Work Injury
All too often, injured workers come to me after a work injury and tell me that their employer sent them to the “company’s doctor.” At first, the employer appears to be doing the injured worker a big favor by sending them to a doctor. But, if the worker’s...
Who Pays the Medical Bills After a Work Injury?
After a work related injury, the injured worker’s bills start piling up. This can be a very stressful time. Recovering from a serious work related injury is difficult. It can become even more worrisome when the medical bills start piling up....