stories by Mary Fricker

Workers injured on the job face a workers compensation maze of confusion, delays and litigation.Story Workers can use state disability, but pool limited Disability, cumulative injuries biggest pain Back injury leads to disability battle Laurie Naumann's back-injury claim was rejected by her employer, which stretched her case out for years. Woman caught in crossfire between insurers Margo Carpenter's employer's insurance companies have battled each other for more than four years over who was responsible Struggle over deal caps case for senior 76-year-old Martin Hill survived nearly a decade of delays and disputes over his disability. ©1997 The Press Democrat