Most Arkansas employers must hold workers’ compensation insurance. It is no-fault insurance that covers your costs if you get injured or ill due to your work. Despite this, some employers can be reluctant to help your claim, fearing it will push their insurance...
When a police officer pulls someone over, they may issue a ticket or citation for a traffic infraction to the driver, which is essentially an allegation that the driver broke traffic laws. Most drivers ticketed for a driving offense will pay the fine and then promptly...
Workers' Compensation claims are nothing more than insurance claims. Nobody would get in a car wreck and wait to make a claim. If a person did wait to claim wreck damages, the insurance carrier would suspect the damage to have occurred in some other way. Same with...
Social Security Administration has been using phone and some video hearings to get through pandemic office closings and keep the system rolling. The hearings have worked quite well and prevented major system slow down for the most part. If your health is keeping you...
Too many valid workers' compensation claims get off on the wrong foot and some are completely ruined by a failure to make the claim immediately after a work related injury. An injured worker must report the claim to his or her supervisor immediately. Most people know...
The Social Security Administration Office of Hearings Operations in Little Rock has carried on through the pandemic. Hearings have been conducted over the phone with minimum delays or issues. Privacy has been protected while letting hearings continue, and hopefully...
Daniel A. Webb, PA, is blogging to wish a happy new year to all. In the coming year, I hope that things will better for each of us, and we will all consider what the previous year has been like for so many people. I hope to be here for many years to come helping...
The office will remain open during this period of social distancing. In person appointments will be conducted only when necessary, but all legal needs should continue to be met. Although many aspects of the legal system have been delayed or postponed this office...
Generally, a disability lawyer helps clients get benefits from one or more of the following sources: Workers Compensation, Social Security Disability and Long Term Disability Insurance benefits purchased through a private policy of insurance usually governed by ERISA....
Dwebb has noticed faster hearing times for ALJ hearings over the past few months. The hearing offices in Arkansas should be commended for fighting through the backlog of cases which resulted from the financial crisis of 2008. Getting a hearing before an Administrative...