23 October

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Choose my own physician in a workers comp case?

Name: Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A.
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Can I choose my own physician in a workers compensation case in Mississippi? YES, BUT be careful. In Mississippi, after you have had a surgery or treated with the same physician for six months, you are stuck and you lose your choice. This is critical because often insurance companies and employers will initially steer you to the doctors they know will be more on their side. They just hope they can keep you there for six months before you find out you could have chosen your own doctor and never had to accept who they recommended for treatment to begin...

16 October

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Is the Nurse Case Manager Allowed in My Doctors Visit

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in Blog Posts, Rogen K. Chhabra, Workers Compensation

In many workers compensation cases, the insurance company (who is not on your side) will hire a nurse case manager to be involved in management of your medical treatment. Most nurse case managers are nice, compassionate, caring and will make an injured person feel good. But one has to ask: are they on the side of the patient or on the side of the insurance company that is paying them? A nurse case manager may be handy in scheduling appointments and keeping information flowing, but what happens when they meet with the doctor in private? Are they trying to maximize...

04 May

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Congratulations Rogen K. Chhabra

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A big Congratulations goes out to our very own Rogen K. Chhabra for being the recent recipient of the Law-Related Public Education Award for 2015 by the Mississippi Bar Foundation. Rogen Chhabra attended Millsaps College and graduated Cum Laude in 1995 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics. He then attended Mississippi College School of Law and graduated in 1998 with a J.D. During law school, Mr. Chhabra was a member of the Law Review and recipient of the Frank Ming Deramus scholarship. He became a member of the Mississippi Bar Association in 1998. Rogen Chhabra has been admitted to practice law...

10 April

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I Want to Speak to the Attorney

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Every day, we get calls where a client insists on speaking to an attorney. Sometimes they are new potential clients and sometimes, they have been a client for a long time. We strive to return every call every day and make our attorneys as accessible as possible. But where you find good lawyers, you find very busy lawyers. And where lawyers are busy, efficiency matters. So when is it ever appropriate to call and demand that an attorney get on the phone? Perhaps an analogy is appropriate here. Do you ever call up the doctor’s office and demand to speak to...

24 March

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IB Member Spotlight: Rogen Chhabra

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Rogen Chhabra was featured in today's ‪#‎IBMemberSpotlight‬. Way to go Rogen! The Injury Board is an association of experienced trial attorneys practicing throughout the entire United States and the United Kingdom. The Injury Board recruit their member attorneys based on their proven commitment to the four key areas we believe define the best of our profession — Relationships, Leadership,Community and Results. Click to go to the article. Rogen Chhabra attended Millsaps College and graduated Cum Laude in 1995 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics. He then attended Mississippi College School of Law and graduated in 1998 with a J.D. During law school, Mr. Chhabra was a...

20 March

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How To Prep For Workers Compensation

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in Blog Posts, Helpful Information, Rogen K. Chhabra, Workers Compensation

The reality tv show “Doomsday Preppers” is about families who are preparing for the end of the world. Everyday ordinary people who believe that life as we know it will end due to earthquakes, nuclear war or cyber-warfare, or some other disaster. What’s remarkable is that the preppers are prepared for catastrophes that may or may not ever happen. We can learn from the preppers. Maybe we don’t need to prepare for global earthquakes, but the way preppers know exactly what to do in moments of crisis is something positive we can all apply in our own lives. At Chhabra and Gibbs,...

30 October

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I’m hurt but I want to Keep my Job

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in Blog Posts, Rogen K. Chhabra, Workers Compensation

Unfortunately, many people who decide to hire a lawyer in a workers’ compensation case wait until something bad happens. Quite often, people wait until they are terminated before seeking a free consultation. This is a big mistake. Unfortunately, in Mississippi, you cannot sue your employer for wrongful termination that arose out of a workers’ compensation claim. There is some good news though. If you get fired after a workers’ compensation injury, it provides you with valuable evidence to help make your claim for permanent disability but there are certain things that you must do to establish this claim effectively. You...

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