GULF COAST Law blog

Make sure your Mississippi workers’ compensation lawyer is getting every last dime for your future medical treatment. Just last week an insurance company on one of our workers’ comp settlements refused to include the cost of steroid injections for ongoing shoulder pain after shoulder surgery.

A recent Mississippi Court of Appeals decision found that Mississippi workers who are injured on the job can still receive disability benefits even if their employer returns them to work at preinjury wage levels. Often employers will implement what is commonly referred to as sheltered employment.