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What Does A Worker Compensation Lawyer Cost?

Did You Get Hurt at Work? What Should You Do?

Hiring a lawyer might be one of your first thoughts if you have been injured at work.

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A lawyer assisting clients who have sustained workplace injuries is known as a worker’s compensation lawyer. Personal Injury law has specific rules for different types of injury cases. Hence, workers’ compensation law is a unique field of injury law. Therefore, you should hire a lawyer with knowledge of the worker’s compensation laws in your state.

Typically, you don’t have to pay a workers’ compensation attorney until they succeed in your case. Following that they are usually paid a statutory fee of 20% of the amount that you win.…

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Workers’ Comp 101: Everything a Small Business Owner Needs to Know

As a small business owner, it is essential to minimize any potential financial losses and protect both yourself and your company from liabilities such as fines and lawsuits. One important way to do this is by getting workers’ compensation insurance to protect your company and your employees in the case of an injury or accident at work.

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Depending on where your business operates, it might be a legal requirement to provide workers’ compensation insurance to your employees. As a result, it is important to check both federal and state laws to ascertain if you are legally obligated to give a worker’s compensation package to your employees.…

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Should You Hire an Atlanta Workers Compensation Lawyer?

Picture this: you have to move a stack of boxes at work and halfway through lifting one, you experience a shooting pain through your shoulder and neck. Regardless of whether it is a pulled muscle or a slip disc, the fact remains that you’re going to require medical assistance. This means you’re about to dive into the world of workers’ compensation. Who do you call? The answer is simple: Get yourself an Atlanta workers compensation lawyer.

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The first call people make is usually to a workers’ compensation lawyer. But when is the right time to lawyer up and when should you just take a step back?…

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4 Common Examples of Workers’ Compensation Claims

Although workers’ compensation is available to millions of employees throughout the U.S., many people are unaware of how to make a claim or exactly what they can claim for. Surprisingly, it isn’t just employees who are unfamiliar with the workers’ comp system; many business owners and employers are unsure of what type of incidents can give rise to a claim for workers’ comp.

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To find out when MN’s Workers Compensation lawyers at Mottaz & Sisk can help employees to take legal action, take a look at these four common examples of workers’ compensation claims now:

1. Machinery Accidents

When employees are using heavy equipment or machinery, there are numerous hazards to be aware of.…

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7 Things Small Business Owners Need to Know About Workers’ Compensation

Small businesses face a number of challenges in their day-to-day operations, including supply delays, market uncertainty, compliance issues, employee injuries, and cost calculations. Workers’ compensation can be a time-consuming and financially-draining hurdle to clear for small business owners if their employees suffer job-related injuries on-the-clock.

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When dealing with a workers’ comp case, a small business owner should abide by and fully understand the intricacies of workers’ compensation. For more information, talk to a reputable workers compensation attorney like Schwartzapfel Lawyers or review the following list of seven things small business owners need to know about workers’ compensation.

1. What is workers’ compensation?

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Main Reasons Why Your Workers’ Compensation Could Be Denied

We have covered in the previous articles that there is an eligibility requirement before you can be considered, well, eligible for claiming a workers’ compensation benefits.

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Let us review this eligibility requirements briefly:

  • You should be classified as an “employee”.
  • Your employer/company should have a workers’ compensation insurance.
  • Your injury should be work-related.
  • You should filed for a workers’ compensation claim on or before your state’s allotted deadline.

Most likely, you will pass the four eligibility requirements. Yet, just because you are eligible does not mean you will automatically get your workers’ compensation. Your employer and insurance company would like to know if your case is truly work-related, or if your case falls within the range where you should be given workers’ compensation benefits.…

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Do You Need a Lawyer When Claiming for Workers’ Compensation?

When claiming for workers’ compensation benefits, one of the questions that may enter your mind is: do I need a lawyer when claiming for worker’s compensation benefits?

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Technically, the answer is no. You can usually do the filing for claims yourself without any lawyer’s help. However, not all are comfortable doing this by themselves.

For one, they are afraid of being given less of what they actually deserved. This is a sad reality, but some companies and even insurance companies do not give the full compensation an employee deserves, primarily for their own interests.

But let’s be clear: we don’t intend to put employers, companies and insurance companies in a bad light – it just so happens that some do rip off their employees.…

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What Are the 5 Types of Accidents Covered Under the Defense Base Act?

Based off of an extension of the Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act, the Defense Base Act serves a very specific purpose. It provides compensation for medical benefits, death benefits and more to eligible employees. Unlike the LHWCA, the Defense Base Act has several restrictions on which accidents are covered, and which workers can collect payment.

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The often-complicated nature of the paperwork leads to workers depending on the help of Defense Base Act legal teams. They provide a network of information that is needed to navigate the rough road to recovery.

5. While Driving

When driving on the job, an accident can change everything.…

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Catching Workers Comp Fraud Committed by Employees

Workers compensation is a federal program that requires employers to pay for medical and compensation benefits if their employees become injured or disabled while working at your place of employment (each state has its own set of workers’ comp laws). Work injuries can be anything from carpal tunnel syndrome from repetitive mouse/computer use to hurting your back during a fall on company property.

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The workers’ comp laws were put in place to provide the injured workers with fixed monetary awards to help prevent litigation and give the employees and their dependents a chance to stay afloat financially while being out of work.…

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Workers’ Compensation in Arizona and Employee Rights

Like all states across the country, Arizona has workers’ compensation rights that protect employees in case they are injured on the job. Employers have a responsibility to cultivate a safe working environment, prevent accidents, and provide proper medical assistance to employees who are hurt while working. Otherwise, if employer negligence is to blame for a serious personal injury at work, the employee may file a lawsuit with a personal injury attorney in Scottsdale or whatever city the accident occurred in.

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Not having workers’ compensation at an Arizona business that needs it may result in a class 6 felony.…

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