{"id":133,"date":"2015-11-24T21:49:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T21:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2015-11-24T21:49:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T21:49:38","slug":"michigan-workers-compensation-settlement-michigan-workers-compensation-attorney-david-zimmerman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/michigan-workers-compensation-settlement-michigan-workers-compensation-attorney-david-zimmerman\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Workers Compensation Settlement &#8211; Michigan Workers Compensation Attorney David Zimmerman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Workers Compensation Settlement Calculator <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6\" src=\"http:\/\/michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/logo-300x66.jpg\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/logo-300x66.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/logo.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In general, there is no specific way to calculate a workers compensation settlement in Michigan.\u00a0 It takes years of experience and years of negotiating with insurance companies.\u00a0 Michigan Workers Compensation Attorneys and Insurance Companies have general rules they\u00a0follow,\u00a0but no specific way to calculate a work comp. settlement.\u00a0 The general rule\u00a0is\u00a0a lump sum settlement between 0 years of future workers compensation weekly benefits and 6 years of future workers compensation benefits.\u00a0 Of course there are always exception to the rules and we have had many settlement in excess of 6 years of future benefits.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 We must calculate the weekly workers compensation benefits and if the insurance company is paying you the right amount.\u00a0 Often they do not.\u00a0 You must look at discontinued fringes, the last 52 weeks of wages, the average weekly wage rules etc&#8230;.\u00a0 It is a complicated matter and usually requires the eye of an experience workers compensation attorney in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 We must look at the cost of future medical expense, if any attendant care is necessary and many other factors that the workers compensation insurance carrier may not advise you of.\u00a0\u00a0The Law Offices of David Zimmerman has handled thousands of Workers Compensation Settlements in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 We must look at your medical records\u00a0in great detail, \u00a0and any IME reports or reports generated by insurance doctors\u00a0which usually benefit the insurance companies position.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 We must look at\u00a0many factors regarding when you stopped working, if a\u00a0doctor has taken you off of work, if you have restrictions or are completely disabled and for how long.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 It is a detailed process that requires an attorney and years of experience to get the largest lump sum settlement possible.\u00a0 Please contact the Law Offices of David Zimmerman\u00a0for your free case evaluation regarding a\u00a0Workers Compensation Settlement in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>www.Michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com<\/p>\n<p>5869910600\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6\" src=\"http:\/\/michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/logo-300x66.jpg\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/logo-300x66.jpg 300w, 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