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5-STAR RATED WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWYERS: WHAT IS A DEPOSITION?   If you are filing for workers’ compensation in Minnesota, a court hearing may be in order somewhere in your claim process. However, not all workers compensation claims in the state are settled within the four walls of a courtroom. More frequently, workers’ compensation claims or...Read More

5-STAR RATED MINNEAPOLIS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWYERS: QUALIFYING FOR DUTY DISABILITY BENEFITS   Police officers, firefighters, corrections officers and other public employees are entitled to compensation when they suffer a bodily injury while performing their duties. This concept is called Duty Disability Benefits. In order to qualify for Duty Disability Benefits under the PERA Police and...Read More

5-STAR RATED WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWYERS FOR FIREFIGHTERS: HOW IS PTSD DIFFERENT FROM PHYSICAL INJURIES?   There are many differences between physical injuries and mental injuries. This article discusses what firefighters, police officers, and other workers need to know in order to be compensated if they suffer from a work-related mental health injury. What Mental Health...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWYERS: WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS AFTER A CUMULATIVE (GILLETTE) INJURY?     Is a cumulative injury, also known as a Gillette injury, covered under the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Act? Sometimes workers suffer injuries that are not the result of a singular event, but rather are the result of minute, cumulative trauma over...Read More

Covid-19 Work’ Comp Claims covered at 96% rate for frontline workers as a result of bill worked on by Mary Beth Boyce and Dean Salita of Schmidt and Salita Law Team An interesting new article on Minnpost.com discussing the “presumption law” a workers’ compensation claim law which covers certain “front-line” employees who were infected with...Read More

Schmidt Salita Law Team support local fundraiser for promoting safety and health of Firefighters   A recent article in the local news covers a fundraiser attended by the Lawyers at The Schmidt Salita Law Team to raise money for the MN Firefighters Initiative a local nonprofit created and run by firefighters to help promote safety and health...Read More

5-STAR RATED: MINNESOTA WORKERS COMPENSATION LAWYERS – FIRST RESPONDER PTSD PRESUMPTION     What is the first responder PTSD presumption?  In 2018, the Minnesota Legislature passed a law, Minn. Stat. § 176.011, Subd. 15(e), creating a presumption that “first responders” diagnosed with PTSD are entitled to have that PTSD presumed to be a work injury. Specifically, for dates of injury on or after January...Read More

MINNESOTA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWYERS – AM I ENTITLED TO RETRAINING? If you are an injured worker in the State of Minnesota, you may be entitled to retraining benefits under the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Act. Retraining benefits are wage loss and education program costs which are paid by a work comp insurer. Retraining helps an injured...Read More

MINNETONKA WORKERS COMPENSATION LAWYERS – 5 STAR RATED, 70 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Minnetonka Workers Compensation Lawyers at the Schmidt Salita Law Team are 5 star rated by satisfied customers.  They collectively have over 70 years of legal experience.  That experience brings justice to the victims of workplace injury.   MINNESOTA WORKERS COMPENSATION LAWYER DEAN SALITA IS...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS WORKERS COMPENSATON LAWYERS: 5-STAR RATED. RESPECTED, EXPERIENCED, SUCCESSFUL.  MINNEAPOLIS WORKERS COMPENSATION LAWYERS – TOP LAWYER DEAN SALITA  The Minneapolis Workers Compensation Lawyers at the Schmidt Salita Law Team features attorney Dean Salita, one of the most highly recommended and qualified workers’ compensation lawyers in the entire State of Minnesota. Dean Salita currently serves as Chair...Read More