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Workers' Compensation Benefits

What to do if injured at work?

If you have been injured on the job, seek medical attention. Next, come into our office, and discuss your injury. At the Injured Workers' Law Firm, we will sit down with you and figure out your chances of obtaining workers' compensation for your injury, or why your claim is being denied. You need a lawyer to advocate for you.

A successful claim will require an analysis of your medical records. After reviewing your records, we will request a hearing to seek benefits. Employers often argue that the injury did not occur at work, or there was a preexisting injury. We will advocate for you and help you balance your need for medical treatment and going back to work.

If your workers' compensation claim is denied, we can take the matter to court to protect your rights. We represent clients who are seeking to protect their Social Security Disability benefits, private insurance benefits, and their jobs. You need an attorney who will look at the whole picture of your life.

What benefits can I get?

When you are awarded workers ' compensation, you are eligible to receive a variety of benefits. Each case is different, dependent on the type of injury and the circumstances surrounding it. Benefits can include:

• Wage Replacement: You may be entitled to receive a portion of your lost wages. If injured on the job, you receive up to two-thirds of your average weekly pay for up to 500 weeks.

• Lifetime Medical Benefits: Medical expenses for conditions caused by the accident are payable as long as necessary.

• Permanent Partial Impairment: If you are physically limited at all after the accident, you may be able to get compensation.

• Permanent and Total Disability: If you lose both hands, arms, feet, legs or eyes, or a severe brain injury causes paralysis or disability, you are eligible for lifetime benefits. You can get monetary benefits for life with certain serious injuries. If you are paralyzed, lose your sight or hearing, or suffer a brain injury, you may be able to get checks for life.

• Cost of Living Increase: If you are receiving temporary total, permanent total, or death benefits, you are entitled to annual cost of living increases.

• Vocational Rehabilitation: If a doctor has released you to go back to working light duty, you are required to prove that you are actually looking for work. This is the case even if you intend to return to your previous job. If you do not accept a suitable light duty position, you risk losing benefits.

• Death Benefits: The loss of a loved one because of a work related accident is devastating. No award can calculate the pain you are going through. Dependents are entitled to monetary compensation to cover lost wages, funeral arrangements, and travel expenses.

What about safety rules?

Did you violate a safety rule? If you willfully disregard a known safety rule, your claim may be denied. Your employer has the burden to prove that the violation was willful.

Speeding may be considered a willful violation of a known safety rule. You may have to prove that there was a reason why you were driving so fast. If you were injured by driving off the road to avoid an obstruction, you may still get benefits. We can hire an accident reconstruction expert to determine the cause of the accident.

 A violation of a safety rule may not be cause to deny your claim. We can interview your coworkers and supervisors to determine whether they knew about the rule. You may get benefits if everyone knew about the rules, but did not follow them.

Do not face a work related injury alone. You have thirty days to notify your employer. Call or e-mail today.