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Watch What You Post on Facebook When Injured
By Jason Weinstock on April 9, 2014

 Think twice about posting those photos of you playing softball at your family reunion last weekend if you have an open workers’ compensation claim.  Your Facebook photos or Twitter posts about what you are doing could be ammunition gathered by an insurance  company investigator to be used to deny your  claim.  Illinois workers’ compensation attorney … Continue reading Watch What You Post on Facebook When Injured

Injured Workers’ Facebook Friends Not Always Friendly
By Jason Weinstock on December 3, 2012

 Last week I had two cases involving two different workers’ compensation insurers trying to use an injured worker’s social media online presence to deny benefits.  In the first case, the adjuster sent the hearing officer  copies of photos from my client’s Facebook page showing him playing softball.  The issue at the hearing was whether my … Continue reading Injured Workers’ Facebook Friends Not Always Friendly