Social Security Disability and Workers Compensation — Be aware!
Recently I had a client that settled her workers' compensation claim for a lump sum amount of money. The Attorney that she used for her workers' compensation settlement, which WAS NOT Mooney & Associates, failed to draft the agreement with specific social security disability offset language. Subsequently, she received an award of social security disability benefits. However, she soon found out her monthly benefits would be greatly reduced for a period of two years. This can have devastating effect…