Workers’ Compensation

• Broad range of legal and litigation experience
• Success built on client communication and keen negotiating skills
• No-nonsense approach to ensure optimum results

A Reputation for  Excellence
With over 20 years of combined experience, the Dressman Benzinger & LaVelle Workers’ Compensation Practice Group guides and defends employers and plaintiffs who have questions, issues or cases in Kentucky and Ohio.  With attorneys who also have a clinical and medical malpractice background, DBL has the knowledge and skills to ensure individuals and business clients obtain optimum results.  Each attorney balances keen negotiating skills that can help to settle cases, with ligitation expertise that gives our clients a crucial advantage.

Depth of Resources
DBL emphasizes early, frequent, and responsive communication with the client about the facts of the case, legal issues, various strategies and cost.  DBL attorneys seek to handle cases pragmatically and realistically.  With a wide range of resources and experienced support staff, DBL ensures the workers’ compensation process moces as fast and smoothly as possible by:

• Litigating claims from start to finish – hearings, appeals, and medical fee or treatment disputes.
• Monitoring medical treatment and coordinating return-to-work or determining when steps should be taken to help bring a claim to an end.
• Coordinating with the human resources department if grievance, termination, discrimination or unemployment issues arise.
• Negotiating fines and penalties with state agencies if coverage issues arise.