Learn about the key legal and medical issues of lower back injury claims.
This topic will focus primarily on back injuries in the context of compensation claims. The material will include information regarding the physical characteristics of the lower back, the mechanism of the various types of lower back injuries and how lower back injuries are managed and defended. It will also address the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Agenda
The Lower Back -- a Lawyer's Perspective
- What Are the Components of the Lower Back?
- What Types of Injuries Are Most Often Encountered?
- What Types of Treatment Are Frequently Encountered?
- Unscrupulous Doctors
Workers' Compensation Claims
- How Do Injuries Occur?
- How Do Work-Related Back Injuries Progress
- What Is the Process for Management of Lower Back Injuries?
- Light Duty Restrictions
- Techniques for Defending Lower Back Claims
Americans With Disabilities Act
- When Does a Back Injury Become a Disability?
- The Duty of Reasonable Accommodation
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Credits
OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on August 27, 2019.
Call 1-866-352-9540 for further credit information.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Why Lorman?
Over 34 years and 1.4 million customers worth of experience providing continuing education. Our passion is providing you world-class training to help you succeed in business and as a professional.
Faculty

James M. Mesnard
The Postol Law Firm
- Counsel with The Postol Law Firm
- Practice focuses on defending employers in contested workers’ compensation claims, defending workers’ compensation retaliation claims in civil actions and administrative proceedings, and defending employers in lawsuits filed under various federal employment discrimination statutes
- Counsel to the Washington, D.C. office of Seyfarth Shaw, LLP from 1987-2018
- Law clerk to the chief administrative law judge for the U.S. Department of Labor where he helped prepare decisions on contested workers’ compensation claims arising under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
- J.D. degree, University of Maryland School of Law
- Can be contacted at 571-378-6367 or [email protected]
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Over 34 years and 1.4 million customers worth of experience providing continuing education. Our passion is providing you world-class training to help you succeed in business and as a professional.

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