Brown & Carlson provides comprehensive workers’ compensation defense services, spanning litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
At the heart of Brown & Carlson is a workers’ compensation defense practice grounded in a deep commitment to passionately representing employers and insurers. With a focus on providing trusted counsel and guidance, our team relentlessly protects our clients’ interests.
We represent a diverse range of clients — including employers from small businesses to large self-insureds, insurers, and third-party administrators — handling all aspects of workers’ compensation defense, from claim investigation to litigation, settlement, and appeals.
Our industry experience covers a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, manufacturing, food distribution, staffing, delivery services, logistics, and more. With insight across industries, we tailor our representation to fit the particular circumstances of each case.
Brown & Carlson’s attorneys are respected leaders in workers’ compensation defense in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Employers and insurers routinely entrust the firm with their most challenging cases, drawing on our experience at every level of the state legal system—including appellate courts and the State Supreme Court—where we have handled notable workers’ compensation matters.
With a focus on close collaboration, responsiveness, and unmatched legal knowledge, the Brown & Carlson team is committed to delivering exceptional representation customized to each client.
In addition to representing clients in a wide range of disputes, several Brown & Carlson attorneys serve as mediators and arbitrators to help outside parties reach resolution. Mediation is a particular area of expertise at Brown & Carlson and the attorneys who take part recognize that every case—regardless of size or complexity—is important to those involved. They are also committed to providing efficient, cost-effective mediations that help involved parties avoid the expense and uncertainty of further litigation.
Some Minnesota workers’ compensation practitioners would say that it appears claims of consequential mental health injuries are on the rise. Cynics will say this is done to increase the value of a workers’ compensation claim. More trusting people will say
Attorneys Eric Hayes and Sean Abernathy were able to successfully defeat a penalty claim initiated by a claimant and her attorney. In support of the alleged penalty claim, the employee testified that because her settlement check was late, she was
In 2013, the Minnesota legislature amended the Workers’ Compensation Act to allow claims for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as an occupational disease. Since that time, the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals and the Minnesota Court of Appeals have
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