General
Medical Support Made Somewhat Easier
By: ALJ Thomas J. McSweeney (retired)
Date: Presented at the WAWCA 3rd Annual Seminar on
7/21/05
Some Selected Considerations for the Admission of
Evidence
In Worker’s Compensation Claims
By: Richard A. Fortune, Richard A. Fortune & Associates,
S.C.
Date: Presented at the WAWCA 2nd Annual Seminar on
7/15/04
Case Law Update
By: Attorneys Linda D. Kiemele & Patrick D. McNally,
Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, S.C.
Date: Presented by Attorney Linda D. Kiemele at the WAWCA
2nd Annual Seminar on 7/15/04
Note: Includes live links to the cases cited that are
available on the Internet
How to Calculate the Value of a Permanent Total Disability Claim
Also:
An Excel spreadsheet to compute present value of a PTD claim with SSDI offset
By: Attorney James A. Pitts, Schoone, Leuck, Kelley, Pitts & Knurr, S.C.
Date: 6/04 (Presented at the WAWCA 2nd Annual Seminar on 7/15/04)
For life expectancy figures:
U.S. Life Tables - 2001, U.S. DHHS, CDC
Permanent Disability Claims
By: Attorney Philip Lehner, Hankel, Bjelajac, Kallenbach, Lehner & Koenen, LLC
Date: 5/04
Note: This is written from the perspective of insurers/employers, but it is
useful to both sides.
Caution: This is a fairly large file (.5 MB), so it will take quite a while to
download if you are still using a dial-up connection with a 56k modem.
The Latest Amendments to the WCA and Pending Amendments to DWD 80
By: Attorney Philip Lehner, Hankel, Bjelajac, Kallenbach, Lehner & Koenen, LLC
Date: 5/04
Appeals
By: Attorneys Scott E. Wade & Jessica M. Vianes, Peterson, Johnson & Murray,
S.C.
Date: 12/03
Group Health Liens - Rights, Remedies & Strategies
By: Attorneys Timothy J. Schumann & Douglas M. Feldman,
Lindner & Marsack, S.C.
Date: 9/03
The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Its Impact on Wisconsin Worker's Compensation
Claims
By: Attorney Philip Lehner, Hankel, Bjelajac, Kallenbach, Lehner & Koenen, LLC
Date: Rev. 11/03
The
Medicare Secondary Payer Statute and Its Impact on Wisconsin Worker's
Compensation Claims
By: Attorney Philip Lehner, Hankel, Bjelajac, Kallenbach, Lehner & Koenen, LLC
Date: Rev. 11/03
Caution: This is a fairly large file (.6 MB), so it will take quite a while to
download if you are still using a dial-up connection with a 56k modem.
The
WC-16-B Department Medical Form
By: ALJ Thomas J. McSweeney
Date: 6/2/03
Marketing a Worker’s Compensation Practice — A Low
Budget, Shotgun Approach
By: Attorney Steven D. Hitzeman, Stellpflug, Janssen,
Hammer, Kirschling & Bartels, S.C.
Date: Winter 2002
Noise-induced Hearing Loss, an evidence-based
statement
By: American College of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine
Date: 10/27/02
Note: A useful tool for identifying the characteristics
of occupational hearing loss
Intoxication - What Are the Limits?
By: ALJ Thomas M. Landowski
Date: August 2001
Caution: This is a large file (1.4 MB), so it will take
quite a while to download if you are still using a
dial-up connection with a 56k modem.
Medical-Factual
Causation 2
By: ALJ Thomas J. McSweeney
Date: 9/01
Medical-Factual
Causation 1
By: ALJ Thomas J. McSweeney
Date: 2/23/01
WAWCA 1st Annual Seminar - July 2003
Case Law Update, by
Attorney Joseph P. Danas, Jr., Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, S.C.
Update from the
Department, by ALJ Janell M. Knutson, Worker’s Compensation Division, DWD
Appeals
to LIRC — What the Commission is Looking For, by Attorney Jeffrey
J. Shampo, Labor and Industry Review Commission
Defenses to a
DVR-Sponsored Vocational Retraining Program, by Attorney William R.
Sachse,
Jr., Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C.
Evaluating New Cases,
by Attorney Thomas M. Domer, Domer Law, S.C.
Ethical Issues on
Worker’s Compensation Claims, by ALJ Edward W. J. Falkner, Worker’s
Compensation Division, DWD
Evidence Standards
at Worker’s Compensation Hearings, ALJ Thomas J. McSweeney, Worker’s
Compensation Division, DWD
