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One of the very first questions almost every client asks us is a simple one: “How long is this going to take?” It’s a completely fair question. When you’ve been injured, your life is on hold in a dozen ways — medical bills, missed work, and the stress of not knowing what comes next. You [...]

In Nebraska when an employee is hurt at work, and they have a permanent injury that prevents a return to the job the employee did at the time of the injury, he or she may be entitled to vocational rehabilitation. This can be the case for injuries to the body as a whole (back and [...]

Another question we hear often is this: what’s the difference between a workers’ compensation case and a regular injury case? The line between them is actually pretty simple — and in some situations, you may have both at the same time. Here’s how to think about it. What makes a case a workers’ compensation case? [...]

If you have been hurt at work and you have had your treatment and you’re at maximum medical improvement (MMI), which is a way of saying your condition is stable and not likely to improve, the insurance company may ask if you want to settle. It’s your decision whether or not you settle the case [...]

Not long ago, the news carried yet another story of a local first responder injured on the job — a police officer hurt in an incident that required the use of deadly force. These situations are happening more and more. And while the use of deadly force is its own hot-button topic, that debate isn’t [...]