Injuries Tab

Workers’ Compensation cases in MerusCase have a unique Injuries tab. This is where all injury information can be stored in your case file. You can also record multiple injuries, link the appropriate parties to each injury, track deadlines, and add statutes to your calendar.

Adding a New Injury

To add a new injury, click the Add New Injury button in the Injuries Tab. There are many fields available to enter information, split into four sections: General Injury Information, Other Dates, Disability and Earnings, Vocational Rehabilitation. Once you have entered in the injury information you would like to record, click the Save button at the top of the page.

General Injury Information

• Injury Type: Label the injury Cumulative or Specific. This will control whether the Date of Injury is a single incident or a date range.

• Date of Injury: Refers to the date the injury occurred. If the injury is labeled a Cumulative injury, this field will be replaced by Injury Start Date and Injury End Date fields.

• Set Statute Expiry: Select a statute from the dropdown menu, and click the Add Statute link to add the statute to your calendar.

• Memo, Occupation, Location, Doctors: Record the details surrounding the injury, and use the memo to make a note about the injury.

• Body Parts: Enter the body parts related to this injury. Click the Show More Body Parts link to enter info for up to 10 body parts.

• The injury occurred as follows: Record the circumstances of the injury.

• Status: Refers to the status of this injury in negotiations.

• WCAB No. and EAMS No.: Enter in the assigned case number for this injury.

• Insurance and Claim Numbers: Record the insurance information and any Carrier claim information.

• Application has been Amended, Miscellaneous/Notes: Record whether the application has been amended and any notes you may wish to have.

Other Dates

This section includes the filing dates and deadlines for various packets and other crucial events.

Disability and Earnings

• Disability Evaluation Unit: Choose the appropriate WCAB.

• Earnings at Time of Injury, Per: Record the client’s earnings at the time the injury occurred.

• The injury caused disability as follows: Describe how the injury led to the disability.

• Total Paid, Date of Last Payment: Record the total sum paid and date of last payment.

• Type of Disability: Check the correct box for whether the injury is temporary or permanent. This will open up more fields which allow you to enter info such as whether indemnity was paid, at what rate, and the start & end dates.

Vocational Rehabilitation

• VRMA, PD Supplement, QRR: Record important info about the cost, length, and so forth of various VR services.

• Did the employee return to work?: Check the box if the employee returned to work. This will open up more fields in which you can record the specifics of the job capacity in which they returned.

View all Injury Details

In the Injuries tab of a Case File, each injury shows the main details, and hides some of the content for ease of use. To view information about Filing and Deadline Dates, Disability Information, Vocational Rehabilitation, and other details, click the Details link at the bottom of the injury information. The Injury section will expand to show that content.

If you would like to hide that information, click the Details link again to hide the content.

Linking Parties to an Injury

1. Once in a Case, click on the Injuries Tab.

2. Under Linked Parties, check the box next to the party you would like to associate with the chosen Injury. Merus will automatically save this information. Please note this is only visible once an injury has been created in a case. If the case has no injury, you will only see Add New Injury and cannot associate a party with a non-existent injury.

Assigning Deadlines

MerusCase will automatically generate the deadline dates for Application of Adjudication and Serious & Willfull. You can also fill out other deadline information in the Injuries tab:

1. Once in a Case, click on the Injuries Tab.

2. Click the Add New Injury button.

3. Enter in a Date of Injury.

4. Once the Date of Injury is filled, the Application for Adjudication and Serious and Willful deadlines will automatically fill in. Scroll down to the Other Dates section to view the deadlines. You can also manually enter other deadlines to record those in this section.