WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Contact Attorneys: James T. Hornstein, Stephen B. Lang

The attorneys in Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney's Workers' Compensation practice group represent employers on behalf of numerous major insurance carriers as well as self-insured employers in a variety of industries in workers' compensation and liability cases. The firm's workers' compensation litigation department handles a full range of issues from insurance coverage to medical causation and occupational disease. This includes advice to clients regarding insurance coverage, the application of the workers' compensation laws to specific injury claims and, where appropriate, representation through the appellate process.

Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney has the largest staff of attorneys and paralegals regularly practicing in the workers' compensation defense area in Rhode Island. The attorneys are highly trained and experienced in dealing with the intricate rules, regulations and procedures involved in the handling of these types of cases.

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