WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Stone & Johnson workers’ compensation attorneys recognize that their clients’ success in today’s business climate requires short and long term management of employee disabilities. Preparation must take into account disparate legal requirements placed upon employers, including Title VII, the ADA, the FMLA, as well as the Workers’ Compensation Act. Costs result not just from claims arising under these laws, but also from poor preparation and management of these risks. Stone & Johnson attorneys possess 50 years of experience litigating and managing workers’ compensation claims. This experience has exposed them to diverse disputes, enabling them to develop aggressive and innovative strategies that efficiently and economically resolve claims.

The firm’s experience has proven “prevention is more cost-effective than litigation”. For that reason, the firm offers group seminars, individual instruction and continuous updates on this ever-evolving area of law, to both insurers and insureds, to assist their risk management planning.

Closely related to workers’ compensation yet distinctly different in the context of litigation are cases involving an employer’s civil liability to its injured employees - Employers’ Liability, or so-called 1(b) claims. Since Employers’ liability (EL) claims involve working through the civil litigation process in addition to the state workers’ compensation system, Stone & Johnson believes it is more efficient for a single attorney to handle both matters. This not only lowers the cost of defense but also helps attain the ultimate goal of the lowest total impact to the bottom line. Few attorneys, however, possess the expertise necessary to litigate successfully in these divergent jurisdictions, each with its own rules, procedures and customs. Attorneys at Stone & Johnson have the expertise to litigate both types of claims, and have pioneered settlement strategies and tactics involving the joint resolution of these multiple claims/multiple jurisdictions situations.