Law Office of Alan Tysinger

What Doctors Don't Understand About Light Duty: Evidence-Based Work Restrictions

Continuing the theme of what doctors don’t understand about light duty. It’s important to understand that in the current Worker’s Compensation context, the assumption has flipped. Where it used to be assumed that employees would need to go out of work after an injury, now the assumption is the opposite.... Read more →

I've been told my "case is closed" and I can't see a doctor anymore. Can they do that?

By law, every workers' compensation claim comes with lifetime medical care for the compensable injury. That is, any medical condition or diagnosis that is either accepted by the insurance carrier or ordered as compensable by a or judge comes with lifetime medical care. However, lifetime medical care does not mean... Read more →