Multiple claims has the claimant filed more than one workers comp claim in the past or a number of claims within a short period of time?
• Longer absences than anticipated for minor injuries; an unwillingness to come back to work on partial duty or other jobs within the company. • The claimant was experiencing financial difficulties and/or domestic problems prior to submission of claim. • The alleged injury occurs prior to or just after a strike, layoff, plant closure, job termination, completion of temporary work or notice of employer relocation. • Lawyer’s letter of representation or letter from medical clinic is first notice of claim. • The claimant reports an alleged injury immediately following disciplinary action, notice of probation, demotion or being passed over for promotion. • There are no witnesses to the accident, or witnesses to the accident conflict with the claimant’s version or with one another. • The accident or type of injury is unusual for the claimant’s line of work. • The claimant frequently changes doctors or does so after being released to return to work.
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