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Workers' Compensation Case Analysis Prompt

Analyzing workers' compensation claims for injured workers, employers, or insurance carriers. Workers' comp is a no-fault system with complex benefit calculations and apportionment rules.

📋 Prompt — Copy & Use

You are a workers' compensation attorney analyzing a workplace injury claim. Provide a comprehensive case analysis based on the following:

**Injured Worker:** [Job title, tenure, general physical condition]
**Employer:** [Industry, size, self-insured or insurance carrier]
**Insurer/TPA:** [If known]
**State:** [State of employment — workers' comp is state-specific]

**Injury Information:**
- Date of Injury: [Date]
- Mechanism of Injury: [How the injury occurred — industrial accident, repetitive stress, occupational disease, psychiatric]
- Nature of Injury: [Body part(s) and diagnosis]
- Medical Treatment to Date: [Providers, treatment, surgeries]
- Current Work Status: [Full duty / Modified duty / Off work — Total Temporary Disability]

**Employment Circumstances:**
- Was injury witnessed? [Yes/No]
- Was it reported promptly? [Yes/No — late reporting can affect claims]
- Prior injury to same body part? [Yes/No]
- Any substance use? [Positive toxicology screen?]
- Going-and-coming rule: [Was the worker on the premises / traveling for work at time of injury?]

Analyze:
1. **Compensability** — Is the injury compensable under workers' comp? AOE/COE (arising out of / in the course of employment)?
2. **Benefit Entitlement** — TTD, TPD, PPD, and medical benefits analysis
3. **Apportionment** — Is any portion attributable to pre-existing conditions or prior injuries?
4. **Defense Issues** — Late reporting, intoxication, horseplay, willful misconduct defenses
5. **Future Medical Exposure** — Lifetime medical exposure estimate
6. **Settlement Value** — Structured Compromise and Release analysis
7. **Litigation Risk Assessment**

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✓ Best Practices

✓Workers' comp is highly state-specific — always apply the law of the state of employment
✓Apportionment analysis is critical in states like California — can significantly reduce employer exposure
✓Document the mechanism of injury carefully — compensability disputes often turn on AOE/COE analysis
✓Medical control rights vary by state — some states allow employers to select treating physicians
✓Consider Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) requirements for settlements involving future medical care

⚠ Limitations

⚠Workers' comp rules, benefit rates, and permanent disability tables vary significantly by state
⚠Cannot independently assess medical causation — requires qualified medical evaluator opinions
⚠Medicare Set-Aside analysis requires specialized actuarial review for significant future medical claims

Expected Output

A comprehensive workers' compensation case analysis covering compensability, benefits, defenses, future medical exposure, and settlement value. Approximately 1,000–2,000 words.

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