Workers' Comp Questions? Get Answers Before Problems Start

Do you or someone you know have questions about a workplace injury?  Do you know someone unsure about how workers' comp works, or what their options might be through the process?  We can help.

Our office can give the information injured workers need to make an informed decisions for their health and future employment.

• What happens when the insurance company won't approve treatment? Pay bills?
• Can you choose your own doctor?
• Can you be fired for filing a Workers' Comp claim?
• When do I get mileage?
• How much should I be paid for my time off work?
• What happens when I'm not being paid?
• Will hiring an attorney hurt your claim?
• Will attorney fees make my settlement smaller than I'd see on my own?

Our toll free HOTLINE is available for free consultation without obligation to hire an attorney.
Ask your question online 24 hours a day.
Our clients never pay a dime out of pocket for our services.
We solve problems before they start and negotiate settlements for top dollar.

Call the HOTLINE - 888.931.COMP (2667)

Questions Answered Day or Night!

Pollan Dobbs, PLLC is one of the few places where Workers can get help on a toll-free hotline when they have questions about their workplace injury or Workers' Compensation claim.  Unfortunately, not everyone has time to make a call during normal business hours.  With our online system, this isn't a problem!

You can click here day or night and get professional help for your Workers' Comp questions.  Why face your claim alone when help is a click or call away? 

Major Changes in the Workers' Compensation Laws of Mississippi

The Chairman of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission has released a video discussing the radical changes in the laws of the state.  These new rules will affect nearly every worker, particularly workers who might be wrongfully denied a workers' comp claim.

  

Pollan Dobbs, PLLC can walk your case through every aspect of the new rules and work to make sure you're not shut out of the system.  Give us a call on the hotline for the assistance you need.  888.931.COMP (2667)

DRASTIC NEW Change to MS Workers Comp Laws!

Starting July 1st, 2012 Mississippi workers face the brunt of harsh new Workers' Compensation laws.  The Mississippi Legislature has created a host of new laws that make many aspects of workers comp more difficult for workers.  More importantly, the legislature has simplified the process for employers and insurance companies to deny and even cheat workers out of their lawful benefits.

Now more than ever workers' need help from the very start of their workplace injury.  There are new rules for drug testing, new restrictions on your choice of doctor, new methods for denying benefits, and even new rules that can deny you access to plead your case in court if things go bad.  We may be facing the worst new set of Workers' Comp laws since the 1940s but you don't have to face them alone.  Pollan Dobbs, PLLC can help you navigate the new rules.  

Our firm can offer workers legal assistance and protection from the very start of your claim all the way through your final settlement.  Call now and get the scoop on how the new rules affect your claim or see how you can get full legal protection now without paying a cent in out of pocket legal fees.

Call the Workers Comp HOTLINE 888.931.COMP (2667)
We help injured workers in Mississippi, Tennessee, & Louisiana
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My Employer Wants Me to Use My Health Insurance for a Workplace Injury. What do I do?

Filing a Workers' Comp Claim on your private insurance can keep you from getting proper healthcare and destroy your protection under the law.  You can undo the trouble, but you need the facts to know how.  Pollan Dobbs, PLLC can show you the way.

Everyday injured workers are told to use their health insurance to cover the care for their workplace injury.  Every time this happens, they're being exploited by their employer.  This problem has become a small epidemic in many states.  Workers' Comp and standard Health Insurance policies may seem the same, but they aren't.  Employers who urge workers to use their own personal health insurance are committing a form of insurance fraud.

This includes:

• Refusing to do an injury report.
• Refusal to submit a truthful report to the Workers' Comp insurance company.  
• Refusal to give the name or adjuster for the Workers' Comp insurance company.
• Forcing injured workers to use their own private health insurance.

The rules for starting a workers' comp claim are fairly simple, but the situation can get quite complicated when Employers act as if the rules don't apply to them.  This sort of behavior is an attempt to hide your injury so that they can avoid responsibility--pure and simple.  Any attempt to do the things listed above is an attempt to hide benefits from you and make whatever steps you take with your legitimate claim just a bit more difficult.

You should have dignity and respect from your workplace and when you're workers' comp claim is legitimate, we make sure you get it.

If anyone has tried to use any of these insurance tricks with you, call us.  We have the tools to get your claim handled properly with no red tape for you.  We work to protect you and your job as our highest priority.


Call us on the Workers' Comp Hotline at 888.931.COMP (2667)

What Does My Impairment Rating Mean?

When you get an impairment rating, things can start moving fast with your claim--even when you don't realize it!  Most injured workers will be given an Impairment Rating over the course of their treatment.  This can be the most important event in a Workers’ Comp claim.  Depending on the facts of your case, an impairment rating can:

• Stop payment of your workers’s comp checks.
• End medical treatment permanently.
• Start a process that can end your ability to get a settlement.
• Give you an opportunity for a lifetime of free medical care related to your injury.

When you are given an impairment rating, you have a lot of options available to you.  However, these options aren’t available forever and many will not be given to you if you don’t know what to ask for.  Don’t let your options slip away permanently.


 At Pollan Dobbs, PLLC we can help walk you through the process.  


Call the Workers’ Comp HOTLINE at: 888.931.COMP (2667)

What Should I do When I'm Hurt on the Job?

So you've been hurt on the job.  What do you do?  Here are some easy steps to follow:

1. Tell your employer immediately.  
2. Ask your supervisor to complete an accident report.
3. Seek medical care.  Going sooner rather than later can keep small problems from getting bigger!
4. Avoid "the company doctor".  SPECIAL NOTE:  Some employers are known to have a 'company doctor'.  These doctors get their nickname because they tend to work for the company's benefit--not yours.  Avoid these doctors.  Your employer cannot lawfully force you to attend their choice of doctor.  If they try, call us immediately.
5. Use your normal Family Doctor unless you need emergency room care.
6. Always inform your doctor that you have a workplace injury.
7. Never leave the doctor without your work-status in writing.  This is a doctor's note taking you off work and/or a list of your restrictions.  
8. Contact your employer as soon as possible with your work status report.  SPECIAL NOTE:  This is YOUR responsibility under the law! You must inform your employer if the doctor has taken you off work duty or allow them to accommodate your light duty requirements.
9. Avoid working beyond your doctor's restrictions at home or on the job.
10. Watch for your first "comp check" or "temporary total disability" (TTD).  It should arrive after your first 14 days off work.  If it hasn't, something is going wrong.

LAST:  Call Us! 

These are just the basics and each case is different.  Whether you feel you're being treated well or you're concerned about your claim, we can offer you some reassurance that your claim will be handled properly.  Consultations are free and there are never any out-of-pocket fees when you need representation.

Call today at 888.931.COMP (2667) ! 

Injured But Not Near Jackson, MS or New Orleans? NO PROBLEM!

Injured workers in Louisiana and Mississippi don't have to live in a big city to get full service on their Workers' Comp claims.  Pollan Dobbs, PLLC represents workers from each region of Louisiana and Mississippi everyday.  Our offices cut the red tape so you can spend your time getting healthy--not in a lawyer's office getting paperwork.  

From at home delivery of prescriptions to getting you the best in healthcare, we make you the priority--even if you live out of state!  Our firm protects injured Louisiana and Mississippi workers living coast to coast.  Whether you're an out of state trucker hauling for a Louisiana/Mississippi company or someone simply living elsewhere, our offices can provide you with the best help on every aspect of your claim.  

First Class Service no matter where you live--That's Pollan Dobbs, PLLC.  Call us today:

888.931.COMP (2667)

Choose Your Own Doctor.

While your employer may send you to their doctor, you may also see the doctor of your choice.  NEVER sign any paper listing your choice of doctor by name.  If anyone asks you to sign a sheet like this, call an attorney immediately!  While you may choose your own doctor, you may do so only ONCE.  It is very important that injured workers get the best possible medical treatment by Doctors who are only focused on helping inured workers to get better and back to work.  The choice of a Doctor is one of the most personal and vital aspects of a workers' comp claim.  From the initial general practitioner to all types of specialist, if someone is hurt on the job the most important concern is top notch medical care.  The attorneys and staff at The Workers' Comp Group can help injured workers get to the best physicians no matter where they live.

Big News!!

The Workers' Comp Group and Dobbs & Dutro have Merged! Now Pollan & Dobbs, PLLC is available to help you on just about any disability need: Workers' Comp, Social Security Disability, and VA Disability. Our offices are still in New Orleans, LA and Jackson, MS but we are expanding to better serve the needs of the public!

Every Single Mile Counts for You!

Workers' Comp law requires you to be paid for nearly ALL travel related to your comp claim.  This can include more than just trips to your doctor.  There's even help if you can't get your own ride.  We can't help you if you don't call.  See what the Workers' Comp Group can do for you.  The call is free and there's NEVER any out of pocket expense when we go to work for you.