Category: Workers’ Compensation
One fear that many of our clients have is that their employer will force them to go back to work before they’re ready. Depending on how serious your injuries were, you may have needed extensive medical care. It can take weeks or even months for you to recover from your injuries. Our Wilmington workers comp lawyers have […]
If you have been hurt on the job and aren’t sure whether you’re entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, you should contact our office right away. You only have a certain number of days to report your injury to your manager or human resources. If you miss this deadline, your claim will be denied and you […]
One of the first questions our new clients ask us is how long it will take for their workers’ comp benefits to kick in. For most people living today, it’s impossible to go without a paycheck for a week or two. Since most people are already living paycheck to paycheck, not having an income for […]
It’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to fire an employee while they’re recuperating from their work-related injuries. It seems rather cruel to do this to someone. However, if your employer decides to let you go while you’re out on workers’ comp, there isn’t much you can do about it. Sure, you can hire an Augusta workers’ […]
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that some employees don’t want to go back to work after they’ve recovered from their workplace injuries. For some employees, they weren’t happy at their job in the first place. Being out on workers’ compensation gives them a chance to figure out what kind of job they do want […]
Most people who get hurt on the job are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. As long as they can demonstrate that their injuries were suffered while working, they will be entitled to medical care and weekly replacement wages. Our Atlanta workers’ comp lawyers have represented hundreds of clients who qualified for workers’ comp only to […]
After you’ve been out of work for a while, your employer is going to be eager to have you return to work. While you are out collecting workers’ comp benefits, your employer is paying someone else to do your job. They don’t want to do this any longer than necessary. At the same time, your Charlotte […]
These days, it seems like having a pre-existing condition can exclude you from all sorts of things. Some companies won’t hire somebody with a pre-existing condition. Of course, they won’t tell you this is the reason why you didn’t get the job. Some health insurance carriers will not write you a policy if they know […]
We meet with new clients every week who’ve had the workers’ compensation claims denied. These claims get denied for a variety of reasons. We’ll discuss some of these in more detail below. However, some of the hardest cases for our Charlotte workers’ comp lawyers to win are those where an employee’s claim was denied due to […]
If you get hurt on the job, you should be able to count on your employer to take care of you. It’s bad enough that you’re limited to the benefits offered under workers’ compensation. When your claim is denied, it must be frustrating. Our Wilmington workers’ comp lawyers know how you feel. They meet with […]
