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QME stands for Qualified Medical Evaluator. The State of California defines QMEs as “Qualified physicians who are certified by the Division of Workers Compensation, a Medical Unit focused on examining injured workers...
People often feel vulnerable seeking medical care under the best of circumstances. Suffering an injury at work may incur an extra layer of stress to the situation. The good news, the system...
Workers’ compensation cases can be confusing. There are a lot of terms and acronyms thrown around that may not make much sense when you hear them for the first time. One of...
At The Law Offices of Melissa J. Lyons, Inc., we celebrated our second anniversary last month. The firm may be two years old, but Melissa’s journey to becoming an attorney who advocates...
Physical injuries are never easy, but the injuries are easier to diagnose and prove as work-related in a workers’ compensation case. Psych cases, or “psychiatric injuries” as they’re referred to by the...