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Spring 2015

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Sign up for the 2015 WALK FOR THOUGHT and support Vermonters with brain injuries

 

Workers' Comp 'Reforms' Hurt Injured Workers


States are cutting workers' compensation benefits to save money, according to a report by ProPublica and National Public Radio. These changes force injured workers to turn to less generous, taxpayer-funded welfare programs, while employers pay the lowest rates for workers' comp insurance since the 1970s; in 2013, insurance companies enjoyed their most profitable year in a decade. Read more.
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What Will my Monthly Social Security Disability
Benefits Be?

Disability paralegal Tasha Turner says: "Understandably, this is a very common question but we usually can’t estimate the amount until further on in the case when we review your earnings reports. People are usually surprised to learn that the monthly disability payment is a lot lower than they think." Read more.
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Caring for Patients Puts Nurses in Harm's Way


Nursing staff are highly likely to get injured on the job—and back injuries from moving and lifting patients are the primary cause. A series on NPR, Injured Nurses, explores this situation in more depth. At Biggam, Fox & Skinner, we see many of the people behind the statistics--like our client V.B., a certified wound care nurse who worked at a hospital in southwestern Vermont. Read more.
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How Four Tons of Meat Gets to
Hungry Vermonters

A pallet piled above our heads with boxes of donated frozen meat faced our team of volunteers at the Vermont Foodbank one rainy October morning. We donned our gloves, uncapped our markers, and got to work sorting the meat. In the next few hours, we experienced some of the hard work it takes to feed the Foodbank’s 153,000 customers. Read more.
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BFS is pleased to announce the formation of Kids' Chance of Vermont, the local chapter of a national program offering college scholarships to the children of injured workers. Attorney Heidi Groff is vice-president of the Vermont chapter.

Since its creation in 1988, Kids’ Chance has distributed more than $5-million in scholarship funds to more than 2,000 recipients. Programs in 26 states fund need-based scholarships for families who face financial insecurity as a result of a calamitous work-related injury. In our next newsletter, we'll have more details about the first scholarships for deserving Vermont students.

Meet Attorney Ron Fox

Ron Fox: Vermont Workers' Compensation Attorney
Win a Hannafords gift card!
Read our story about the Vermont Foodbank in this newsletter and answer the question below to win a Hannafords gift card. The winners will be randomly drawn from all correct answers and the drawing will take place on Tuesday March 31. The first three correct answers drawn will win gift cards for $75 (1st), $50 (2nd), and $25 (3rd).
 

To enter, click the yellow button above.

 

Question:

How many meals does 8,000 lbs of meat provide?
(a) 8,000
(b) 10,000
(c) 12,000

Read what our clients are saying about us:


"I'm extremely pleased with the professionalism of my case. I will definitely recommend [your] services to anyone in need. Very caring."
Tom, Bristol, VT

"We would like to thank Chris and Heidi for their professional and caring attitudes. Job well done!!"
S.R., Wolcott, VT


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BFS Attorneys in Best Lawyers, SuperLawyers

Heidi Groff: Best Lawyers List
Pat Biggam: Best Lawyers List
Kelly Massicotte: SuperLawyers Rising
Star
Heidi Groff and Pat Biggam have been included in the 2015 edition of Best Lawyers in America©, a national publication that lists top-ranking lawyers and law firms. Heidi and Pat were selected by other workers’ compensation lawyers in Vermont through a peer-review process.

Kelly Massicotte is listed as a Rising Star in SuperLawyers© New England magazine, Workers' Compensation section. 

Kelly, Pat, and Heidi take great satisfaction in fighting for injured workers who are being treated unfairly by insurance companies.


March is National Nutrition Month. Make a donation to the VERMONT FOODBANK.

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