Workers' Compensation Practice for Paralegals

Name: Workers' Compensation Practice for Paralegals
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ISBN: 9781594602641

ISBN-10: 1594602646

ISBN-13: 9781594602641

Edition: 2008

Authors: Lynne DeVenny, J. Morgan

List price: $41.00

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Workers' Compensation Practice for Paralegals is a textbook and practice guide for paralegals and other legal professionals who work in the area of workers' compensation law. The book addresses practical tasks associated with the law office management of workers' compensation cases, including an overview of workers' compensation law, determining compensable claims, evaluating and accepting cases, reviewing and summarizing medical records, investigating claims, obtaining evidence, drafting pleadings and preparing for mediations and hearings. More complex tasks, such as handling catastrophic injuries and death claims, Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements, third party claims and bankrupt…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Publication date: 3/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Lynne DeVenny is a senior legal assistant at Elliot Pishko Morgan P.A., specializing in workers' compensation, serious injury and wrongful death cases. She is a former Adjunct Paralegal Instructor at Forsyth Technical Community College in North Carolina and has lectured at North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (NCATL) paralegal and attorney continuing education seminars.



Overview of Workers' Compensation Law


Determination of Compensable Claims


Evaluation and Acceptance of Case


Filing Claims, Requests for Relief, and Responses


Medical Records and Evidence


Investigating and Obtaining Evidence in Claims


Catastrophic Injuries and Death Claims


Mediations and Hearings


Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (WCMSAs)


Miscellaneous Workers' Compensation Issues


List of Frequently Used Medical Abbreviations


Index