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Supplemental Security Income and Homeless Individuals
 
The "homeless" status of an individual does not affect his eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Homeless individuals have the same right to apply for SSI benefits as anyone else. To obtain his benefits, a homeless individual may pick up his payments at a local Social Security office, have the payments mailed to a third party, have the funds automatically deposited into a personal bank account, or have the payments sent to a representative payee who will act in the individual's best interests.More...
 
Recovery of Costs, Attorney's Fees, and Interest in Workers' Compensation Actions
 
Generally, parties in workers' compensation actions are responsible for their own attorney's fees and costs. The amount of attorney's fees that can reasonably be charged to a claimant in pursuing his claim for benefits is specifically outlined in many state statutes. For example, some states will cap attorney's fees at a specified dollar amount; others will cap such fees at a designated percentage of the amount recovered as benefits by the claimant. More...
 
Representation and the SSDI Process
 
When a claimant seeks social security disability benefits, he may select an individual to represent him in that endeavor. The representative may act on the claimant's behalf at all levels of the administrative proceedings. However, accepting the representation responsibilities does not entitle the representative to a fee for his services absent approval by the Social Security Administration (SSA).More...
 
Post-Employment Injuries
 
Though it would seem to be antagonistic to the principle that an injury must arise out of the employment to be compensable, some injuries that occur post-employment are still compensable. Depending on the situation, some activities occurring post-employment are considered by the courts to be normal work activities. For example, injuries incurred while picking up a paycheck, exiting the work premises, and collecting belongings from the employer's premises have all been held to be compensable provided that such activities are undertaken within a reasonable time after the employment relationship has ended.More...
 
Claims under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
 
According to the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), an employee who may be covered by the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act should take certain actions if he is injured.More...