WCRI: Newer Workers, Pain Sufferers Among Likely Comp Claimants Seeking Attorneys

Attorney involvement in comp claims is most prevalent among injured workers with less than six months' tenure, according to a study released Wednesday by the Waltham, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute. WCRI examined more than 950,000 claims of workers injured between Oct. 1, 2012, and Sept. 30, 2019, in the 31 states covered by its database, which it says represents more than 80% of the comp benefits paid nationwide in 2017. Of the claims with more than seven days of lost time, 34% involved an attorney, according to the analysis, which also found that of th...