Become familiar with strange but true cases and help develop current and long-term strategies for when claims arise.
Many approach workers' compensation with fear. Each claim can be a frightening experience and a costly one; but learning about all of the many strange and unusual workers compensation cases can help reduce the often-stressful approach to claim handling. This material will explain many court decisions and results of unique workers' compensation claims. This information is important for employers, employees, and managers. It is intended to reduce the anxiety and exposure when workers' compensation claims do arise. It is anticipated that you will leave with a desire to tackle any workers' compensation dilemma with a fresh and positive approach and have some fun.
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Agenda
What Is Workers' Compensation and Why Can It Be so Strange?
- Compensability, What Does It Mean?
- Disability Claims and Return-to-Work Issues
- Medical Benefits
- Ancillary Issues
Strange and True
- The Strangest Claims Often Come From Determining Whether or Not Something Is Considered Work-Related
- No Fact Pattern Is Beyond the Realm of Possibility
- Strange Cases of Compensability
- Returning to Work and Disability Items
- Some Folks Can Be Creative at Not Wanting to Work and Finding Ways Not to Work
- Employee vs. Employee; a Different Reality
- Strange ReturntoWork Cases
- Medical Benefits
- That's a Benefit? or Can I Get a Hot Tub, Too?
- Strange Cases Involving Medical Issues
- Other: This Is Where It Gets Even Stranger
Why Is This Important?
- Predictability
- Having a Sense of Humor Helps
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OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on December 11, 2020.
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- CA MCLE 1.5
- Lorman Education Services is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.5 CLE hours of participatory credit.
To earn each credit Lorman offers through the OnDemand learning platform, you need to watch 100% of the program. Also, for certain credits you will need to fulfill additional requirements which will be displayed on the "credits" tab when viewing the course.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Faculty
James B. Fairbanks, Esq.
Treece Alfrey Musat P.C.
- Shareholder with Treece Alfrey Musat P.C. and head of the workers’ compensation and employment defense department
- Practice emphasizes workers’ compensation defense, professional malpractice defense, subrogation, and general liability and employment defense
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops and has been a regular presenter for Lorman
- J.D. degree, University of Colorado School of Law
- Can be contacted at [email protected] or 303-731-9539
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