That last answer was inaccurate. In South Carolina, we settled on the 1st of September and it is now the 23rd and still nothing. Once the lawyer receives the check, it will sit in trust for 10 days and then WE will get our cut. Honestly, I say someone is trying to get some interest payments off of our money before we get it. Sad, we are the ones suffering. Not the insurance company or the lawyer.
within ten days of the decision.
will i recieve a settlement after having back surgery workers comp
Unless your state is different, you normally receive workers comp only if you are unable to work.
Reply to "If you receive a one-time setI am presently apling for SS Disability & have an aturney working on a workers comp setlement.SS has informed me that if I receive a setlement from workers comp I must by law inform them & it will affect my SS payments. I live in S.C.(USA)
They won't take your settlement away but you should pay some of what you owe on your back taxes. This won't happen automatically.
Of course ...
150,000
You can read about the advantage to taking a workers comp lump sum settlement at www.workerscompensationinsurance.com. Another good site is www.iowaworkforce.org/wc/settlement.htm
yes
15,000
In general, yes.
No
Generally they will take a portion of the settlement plus costs.