{"id":253,"date":"2018-03-05T13:02:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T13:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2018-03-05T13:02:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T13:02:44","slug":"michigan-workers-compensation-settlement-v-voluntary-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/michigan-workers-compensation-settlement-v-voluntary-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Worker&#8217;s Compensation Settlement v. Voluntary Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/logo-300x66.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"66\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6\" 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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lump Sum Settlements<\/p>\n<p>Most Michigan workers\u2019 comp settlements are made in a lump sum. In a lump sum settlement, the insurance company agrees to make one payment that resolves your entire workers\u2019 comp claim.<\/p>\n<p>A lump sum settlement is different than a voluntary payment (VP) agreement. A VP agreement simply means that the insurance company has agreed to voluntarily pay you a certain amount in workers\u2019 comp benefits. If you signed a brief voluntary payment form (Form WC-115) and did not attend a redemption hearing (see below), you did not settle your case. You can still demand ongoing benefits or file an appeal if the insurance company disputes your benefits in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lump Sum Settlements Most Michigan workers\u2019 comp settlements are made in a lump sum. In a lump sum settlement, the insurance company agrees to make one payment that resolves your entire workers\u2019 comp claim. A lump sum settlement is different than a voluntary payment (VP) agreement. A VP agreement simply means that the insurance company&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-settlement-of-michigan-workers-compensation-claim","category-settlement-of-workers-compensation-claim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigan-workers-comp-attorney.com\/michigan-attorney-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}