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WORKPLACE INJURY / WORKERS’ COMP

Sorting out Your Full Legal Rights after a Workplace Injury at Your Job

Have you been injured on the job? First, we sincerely hope it is minor; you’ll recover quickly and be able to return to work. But if you’ve been seriously hurt, who pays for your injuries, lost time at work, or, heaven forbid, benefits owed because you’re permanently disabled or your loved one was killed on the job? How to handle your claim or civil injury case depends upon the actual details of your accident and the events leading up to it. You must know whether or not the company you work for has workers’ compensation insurance: which pays reimbursement for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and some disability.
You also need to know what to do if workers’ comp does not cover your employer. You also must understand if – in the eyes of the law – you are an employee or merely a contractor. Your ability to obtain fair compensation for your on-the-job injuries depends on the answers to these important questions in determining how to receive a reasonable damages payment. Resolving such cases can often be very complex due to the abovementioned factors and other issues that influence any job-related injury case. If that wasn’t enough, our laws’ complexity and occasional ambiguity allow employers and their insurance providers to unfairly refuse the rightful claims of thousands of injured Texas employees annually. It’s almost certain that […]