The purpose of Workers’ Compensation is to compensate an injured worker for workplace injuries. A number of types of compensation including temporary total disability compensation are predicated on the injured worker being unable to return to the type of work they performed at their job as a result of their workplace injury. Sometimes […]

Article discusses the bizarre reality where two individuals lose the same limb, one lives in Alabama the other 75 miles away in Georgia. Its truly strange, and rather frightening. One would think every state in the United States treats their workers similarly, but clearly this is not the case. One […]

Another article related to the degrading workers’ comp system. Read more

Article by Pro Publica documenting the systematic dismantling of the Workers Comp System in state after state with disastrous consequences for injured workers. Amazing art by Matt Rota for ProPublica

Dennis Whedbee, 52, lost half of his left arm in a drilling accident in North Dakota in September 2012. Several years later he’s still fighting with North Dakota’s insurance agency to get the help he needs. Read more