disability law Archives

Court of Appeals Reverses 2008 Judgment Dispossessing Veteran of Disability Pay – Michigan Court of Appeals Rules State Courts Have No Subject Matter Jurisdiction to Divide Veterans’ Disability Pay Protected by Federal Law

on August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

Lex Fori PLLC and Carson J. Tucker Secures Reversal of a 2008 Judgment

Lex Fori PLLC and Carson J Tucker File Pro Bono Supreme Court Application for Disabled Veteran

on March 12, 2020May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

In March 2020, Attorney Carson J. Tucker of Lex Fori PLLC filed another pro bono Supreme Court application in Michigan seeking to ensure that federally protected veterans' disability benefits are used for the purpose that Congress intended, i.e., to support and provide for disabled veterans whose service to the United States resulted in their injuries. [...]

Insurance Carrier Covering Worker’s Initial Injury Wage-Loss Benefits May Apportion Liability for Wage-Loss Benefits With Insurance Carrier Covering Worker’s Second Disabling Injury Suffered While the Employee was Performing “Reasonable Employment” Work

on July 25, 2014May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

In a published opinion after a remand order from the Michigan Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals has ruled that under the Workers' Disability Compensation Act (WDCA), an insurance carrier responsible for paying worker's compensation (wage-loss benefits) for an employee's initial disabling injury, may apportion its liability for wage-loss benefits with the insurance carrier covering [...]