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Filing a Workers’ Compensation Claim

The information below only applies to injuries occurring before February 1, 2014. If you are hurt or injured while working and learn from a physician that you are unable to return to work, you should reach out to your employer or employer’s insurance carrier as soon as possible to ask if benefits will be provided…

Workers Compensation Tips and To Do’s

If you think about it, a Workers’ Compensation Claim usually places the interests of an employee up against the interests of an employer. The employee wants to be compensated for pain, lost wages, etcetera, while the employer does not want to have a big claim – does not want their cost of compensation insurance to…

Common Questions About Worker Injuries & Claims

Do the terms “wage replacement” and “medical coverage” sound familiar? These are terms you might hear in the workplace because they relate to Workers’ Compensation. Workers’ Compensation is provided by an employer to cover their employees. It is an insurance program to promise employees help when and if there is an accident or injury on…

HISTORY AND EXPLANATION OF WORKERS COMPENSATION

ABOUT WORKERS COMPENSATION COVERAGE Worker’s Compensation is insurance for employees injured during the course of their work. It provides wages and medical care in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue his/her employer for any tort of negligence.  This tradeoff is known as “the compensation bargain”. Plans vary among jurisdictions, and in…

Property Owner Responsibility

Becoming a property owner comes with certain responsibilities. Property owners have expenses and are aware of the need for maintenance, but also there is a legal element to owning a property – specifically, commercial property/businesses that the public utilizes. Both local and federal governments have laws in place to hold property owners liable for the…

Elements of a Worker’s Compensation Case

Elements of a Worker’s Compensation Case

Worker’s Compensation is designed to assist those employees who are injured on the job regardless of who is at fault. However, the employee does have the “burden of proof.” Or, in other words, has to prove certain work-related activities or conditions contributed to the accident. Although navigating Worker’s Compensation cases today can get very complicated due to…

Tips for Finding a Personal Injury Attorney

We never want to consider the fact that an accident, in reality, could happen to us at any moment. We also would never want to consider the fact that many people refuse to take responsibility for what happened. Although the solution process itself can be challenging, to say the least, hiring a personal injury attorney…

STAYING SAFE – PEDESTRIAN ALERT

Every two hours, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash. This is a sad but true national statistic. The good news is that traffic accidents and fatalities have declined.  But pedestrian accidents have actually increased. This could be in part due to the fact that more people are walking, whether it be to get…

Levels of Disability – Claim Types

When you have a Workers Compensation claim, it will end at some point. In other words, at a certain point in time, you won’t receive any more money for your injury. You can accept a settlement, or, if you feel it is low/unfair, you can take your case in front of a judge, with the…