by CPW Law | Jul 15, 2022 | Workers' Compensation
While each litigated case in the workers’ compensation court is unique, the standard process of how a case gets to trial is roughly the same. One party files a Petition and the opposing party files an Answer. Days later, the parties typically exchange what are called...
by CPW Law | Jun 14, 2022 | Workers' Compensation
Notice Regarding Change to Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Mileage Reimbursement Rate LINCOLN, Neb. — Effective July 1, 2022, the mileage rate will become 62.5 cents per mile fortravel to seek medical treatment or while participating in an approved vocational...
by CPW Law | Jun 13, 2022 | Workers' Compensation
On a global scale, one of the more unique aspects of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act is the creation of vocational rehabilitation benefits. A primary purpose of the Act is restoration of an injured employee to gainful employment. When an injured employee is...
by CPW Law | May 3, 2022 | Workers' Compensation
At the heart of almost every trial level decision is a dispute between two medical experts. In Nebraska, unless the character of an injury is objective and plainly apparent (for example, an amputation), an injury is a subjective condition and the employee has the...
by CPW Law | Apr 6, 2022 | Workers' Compensation
Nestled towards the end of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act is Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-162.01 which establishes an employee’s rights to vocational rehabilitation benefits in Nebraska. However, a recent Nebraska Supreme Court decision has significantly muddied the...
by CPW Law | Mar 8, 2022 | Workers' Compensation
It goes without saying that an employer cannot adequately investigate or pay workers’ compensation benefits if it has no awareness that an accident occurred in the first place. For over a century, the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act has included a requirement that...
by CPW Law | Feb 1, 2022 | Workers' Compensation
On the corner of my desk sits a coffee cup that reads: “A good lawyer knows the law; a great lawyer knows the Judge.” At first blush, the cup is just meant to garner a laugh or two. For those of us who practice Nebraska workers’ compensation law, however, the quote...
