Issues to Consider in an on the Job Injury Settlement

It seems difficult and overly complicated, and it can be. One of the difficulties that lawyers occasionally encounter is judges who have different standards for approving a settlement. Some judges just will not close future medical benefits and other judges require future medical benefits be handled by a third-party administrator. All judges advise injured workers of their rights in a settlement. Some judges do it very simply by telling the injured worker that if they get better, they keep the money, but if they get worse, they don’t get any more and advise them about their rights to keep their future medical benefits open for life. I’ve never seen a judge do a bad job, but I have seen different standards applied by different courts.