How many times have you been at work, lifted something heavy and felt discomfort in your back only to expect the pain to go away on its own? While it does occur often that the employee is able to recover by simply resting and icing, that’s not always the case. Instead, many times that awkward lift and corresponding pain is…
When an employee gets hurt on the job, there is an array of benefits that the injured worker is eligible for, but may not know it. Today’s article focuses on vocational rehabilitation and retraining. I often get phone calls or have initial consultations involving injured workers who have no idea that they are entitled to rehabilitation services. Often times the…
Does your employment require repetitive lifting, bending, stooping, or twisting? Do these repetitive tasks from your work cause pain and result in an injury over time? If you answered yes to the previous two questions, you may have suffered what is known in the world of Workers’ Compensation as a Gillette injury, and if well documented, will be compensable. Back…
Unfortunately some of you will find out someday… Under Minnesota law, if there are multiple owners of real estate, any single owner may unilaterally start a partition action to force the sale of land. This is a very lengthy and expensive process as the Court must appoint referees who first value the land, then list it for sale and finally…
Does your employment require repetitive lifting, bending, stooping, or twisting? Do these repetitive tasks from your work cause pain and result in an injury over time? If you answered yes to the previous two questions, you may have suffered what is known in the world of Workers’ Compensation as a Gillette injury, and if well documented, will be compensable. Back…
With the Christmas season it seems like a good time to talk about legal consequences of gifting. Of course I’m referring to gifting from an estate planning perspective. With the possible major changes coming in estate tax law, the estate tax implications may change but many other issues will remain the same and are largely misunderstood. Why gift your assets?…
Estate planning is an important area of practice for our law firm, and we are committed to helping individuals and families with these issues. Over the course of the last year, attorney Rene Millner has written several in-depth articles on the specific documents that make up an estate plan, types of estate plans, and other considerations in estate planning. In…
A law was passed several years ago that basically allows you to put beneficiaries on your home. You should sign and record this deed now but it has no affect until you pass away – meaning you can sell or refinance without needing the beneficiaries to consent or sign anything. You can also revoke this deed before your death if…
The following article is on the importance of the protections of the corporate and limited liability company (LLC) statutes. Our law firm assists many area businesses with their entity formation and other business law concerns. The first corporations in America were formed in the late 18th century just after the American Revolution. As our nation grew and economy evolved, so…
I often get questions from injured workers wanting me to give them an overview of how workers’ compensation works. In its most basic sense, workers’ compensation is when an employee gets hurt on the job and the employer’s insurance company pays for the injured workers’ medical bills and lost wages. Benefits may also be available if an employee sustains a…