When you're injured on the job and your doctor recommends surgery, you likely want to move forward with treatment as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, when workers' compensation is involved, the approval process for surgery can be more complicated and more delayed...
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What Types of Expenses Does Workers’ Compensation Cover?
If you’ve been injured on the job, understanding what expenses workers’ compensation covers is key to protecting your rights, managing medical bills, and safeguarding your financial well-being. At Atkinson Gerber Law Office, our experienced Minnesota Workers'...
Can Workplace Anxiety Disorders Qualify for Compensation?
Your mental health is just as important as your physical health, and workers' compensation in Minnesota acknowledges that mental health issues are real, and sometimes they can be caused by work. However, it is usually much more difficult to prove a mental health issue...
How to Handle a Disputed Workers’ Comp Claim
Workers' compensation helps people hurt on the job get medical care and lost wages, and in Minnesota, this system covers most employees for injuries that happen at work, regardless of who is at fault. Although the system is supposed to run smoothly, disputes can rise...
What Role Does Your Employer Play in the Workers’ Comp Process?
You've been injured at work: what now? In Minnesota, workers' compensation exists to provide medical care, wage loss benefits, and other forms of support to those who have become injured or ill as a result of their job, to aid in their recovery and their return to...
When Can Permanent Partial Disability Be Reassessed?
It is a terrible thing to be injured at work, and even worse to suffer a permanent injury. This potential for injury and disability is just one of the reasons that workers' compensation exists. If you have been assessed as having a permanent partial disability in...
What Benefits Are You Entitled to Under Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Law?
If you've been injured on the job in St Paul or Minneapolis, then Minnesota's workers' compensation should cover you. However, you'll want a workers' comp attorney on your side right from the beginning. An experienced attorney can help you access all the benefits...
What If You’re Injured on Your First Day of Work?
Workers' compensation can be a great system, but it's not uncommon to worry about what happens if you get hurt quickly once you start a new job. When does protection actually kick in, and will you need some other kind of coverage until it does? A Minnesota workers'...
How Long Does It Typically Take to Receive Benefits After Filing a Workers’ Comp Claim in Minnesota?
There is nothing worse than being injured on the job; except, of course, worrying about how you're going to cover your healthcare costs and other bills. Workers' compensation exists to provide a safety net for workers hurt while at work, but how quickly can that...
Can You Choose Your Own Doctor Under Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Law?
When you get hurt at work in Minnesota, workers' compensation laws help cover medical bills and lost wages. A common question among injured workers, however, is whether they are allowed to choose their own doctor. The answer is yes, but with some limitations, and a...

