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In Nebraska when you are hurt on the job, you have a right to choose your own doctor. This is one of the most important rights you can exercise to ensure that you receive the treatment you need. If your employer tells you right after you are injured that you have a right to choose [...]

In Nebraska when an employee is hurt at work, and they have a permanent injury that prevents a return to the job the employee did at the time of the injury, he or she may be entitled to vocational rehabilitation. This can be the case for injuries to the body as a whole (back and [...]

Another question we hear often is this: what’s the difference between a workers’ compensation case and a regular injury case? The line between them is actually pretty simple — and in some situations, you may have both at the same time. Here’s how to think about it. What makes a case a workers’ compensation case? [...]

If you have been hurt at work and you have had your treatment and you’re at maximum medical improvement (MMI), which is a way of saying your condition is stable and not likely to improve, the insurance company may ask if you want to settle. It’s your decision whether or not you settle the case [...]

Not long ago, the news carried yet another story of a local first responder injured on the job — a police officer hurt in an incident that required the use of deadly force. These situations are happening more and more. And while the use of deadly force is its own hot-button topic, that debate isn’t [...]