In our April 15th blog posting we urged Arizona to adopt a workers' compensation rebuttable presumption that first responders, healthcare workers, and essential "front-line" workers who contract COVID-19 have their workers' compensation claims accepted, unless the...
Compassionate Guidance For Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability
Brian Clymer, Attorney at Law
In-person visits to Industrial Commission remain suspended
With in-person visits still suspended, injured workers must navigate the Industrial Commission's online services and have hearings via Google Hangout with judges. The Industrial Commission's online services include: Online Fillable Forms - The ICA website...
Minnesota, Illinois adopt presumptive coverage for most front line employees who contract COVID-19. Should Arizona be next? Yes.
Certain workers from Minnesota and Illinois who are most susceptible to COVID-19 exposure can breathe a sigh of relief. Why? Minnesota has enacted legislation that creates a rebuttable presumption that if certain employees contract COVID-19 their disease is presumed...
Social Security recipients will receive economic stimulus payment; no need to file tax return, Treasury Secretary confirms
The U.S. Treasury Department quickly cleared up confusion about whether Social Security recipients would have to file a tax return in order to receive the economic stimulus payment from the government. On April 1, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin explained, "Social...
Appellate Ruling Establishes Carriers Must Investigate a Claim Before Denying It
We're coming up on the one-year anniversary of an Arizona Court of Appeals decision that held it's bad faith in workers' compensation if a claims adjuster denies a claim without first conducting even a basic investigation. In Tapia v. Indus. Comm'n, 245 Ariz. 258...
Firm Finds Value in Keeping Tabs on Annual Industrial Commission Claims Seminar
Workers' compensation insurance claims adjusters are heading to Scottsdale for the annual Industrial Commission of Arizona Claims Seminar this Thursday and Friday.Attorney Laura Clymer of Attorney at Law will attend this year's seminar....
Seasoned support professionals add valuable experience to Clymer law firm: Meet Susan Polito
Like most organizations, successful law firms are only as good as the administrative and office staff professionals supporting it. It's no different at Attorney at Law where capable and experienced legal assistants and office...
Gay widower sues Social Security Administration over denied spousal benefits
Attorneys and Autumn Menard, along with co-counsel Lambda Legal, recently filed a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on behalf of Michael Ely, a...
Streak continues as peers choose Brian Clymer for 2019 edition of ‘Best Lawyers’
was selected again by his peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the practice area of "Workers' Compensation Law -- Claimants." This marks the 24th consecutive year that Brian has been chosen in his...
Beware of new ‘full and final’ settlement statute
On August 3rd new rules go into effective in Arizona regarding "full and final" settlements. These new rules help workers' compensation carriers and employers but leave unrepresented workers' compensation claimants at risk. The new rules say that Industrial Commission...