Workers' Compensation Law - Softcover

Bevans, Neal R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1418013692 ISBN 13: 9781418013691

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2008

Synopsis

Workers' Compensation Law provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day practice of this field in addition to addressing theoretical aspects that form a critical foundation for this branch of law. It explains activities from drafting petitions, presenting cases to an administrative law judge, and bringing an appeal. Workers' Compensation Law profiles professionals who are intimately involved in a workers compensation case including attorneys, paralegals, administrative law judges, chiropractors, medical doctors, and more. It balances theory and practice, provides ethical discussions, and explores the use of private investigators and various discovery devices in order to examine claims. Content throughout is reinforced with excerpted cases, brief interviews, a variety of exhibits, and practical real-life examples. An appendix provides a wide variety of Workers Compensation forms, petitions, and medical reports.

About this title

About the Author:

Neal R. Bevans, J.D. is an instructor at Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton, North Carolina. Drawing on his extensive experience as a criminal defense attorney, an assistant district attorney, and a college instructor, the author brings the world of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and paralegals to life with a uniquely engaging, reader-friendly style ideal for today's learners.

Review:

Chapter 1: Introduction to WorkersA Compensation Chapter 2: Federal WorkersA Compensation and Tort law in Workers Chapter 3: Employers and Employees Under WorkersA Compensation Chapter 4: Injuries under WorkersA Compensation Chapter 5: Benefits Under WorkersA Compensation Chapter 6: The WorkersA Compensation System Chapter 7: WorkersA Compensation Insurance Chapter 8: Appealing a WorkersA Compensation Award Chapter 9: Medical Utilization Issues and Innovations in WorkersA Compensation Glossary Appendix A u Various State Forms Appendix B u State by state listing of workers' compensation web sites Appendix C u Medical Utilization Issues in Workers' Compensation Index

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1418013692
• ISBN 13: 9781418013691
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432