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If you have been injured at work, you need to call a workers compensation lawyer to get you compensation that you are entitled to receive. A workers comp lawyer will go to bat for you when no one else will and will make sure that you receive the money that you deserve. A workers compensation lawyer does not collect any money unless you receive a settlement. They will then take a portion of the settlement. 

 

Many times when employees are hurt at work, the employer will try to blame them for the accident. Or they will try to settle with the employee for a low amount. Even if the employer is blatantly wrong, they will still seek to blame the victim rather than pay just compensation. This is when you call a workers compensation lawyer. 

 

Your workers comp lawyer should be well versed in employment law. They will have you sign a retainer contract agreeing to give them some of the money from the result of your settlement. The settlement is the amount that you will receive from your employer. This settlement should be justified by the extent of your injuries. 

 

In some cases, an employer will try to settle with an employee. This usually occurs if the employee is seriously hurt and the employer is to blame. They will usually send over their attorney to talk to you and get you to sign off on any claim, giving you some money for your injuries. This is the time when you most definitely want to speak to a workers compensation lawyer. A workers comp lawyer will most likely want to take your case and in all likelihood, get you a lot more money for your claim. 

 

Even if you are still working in the employment of your employer, you still have a right to pursue a workers comp claim. You should tell your workers comp lawyer if you are still employed. In most cases, if the injury is not serious, the workers compensation lawyer will get you cash right away for your injury and for any time that you missed from work. 

 

If you are hurt at work, your employer may try to prove that the accident was your fault. You should be sure to get a list of any witnesses to the accident and also see a doctor as soon as possible. Write down the details of the accident as soon as you can as well, so that you can give them to your workers comp lawyer. The workers compensation lawyer will want to know as much detail as possible, and will also want access to your medical records, so that they can pursue a claim. It is important to journal as much information as possible, as well as see a doctor who can verify your injury, before you pursue a worker’s comp case. 

 

Anyone who gets hurt at work in an accident that was not their fault should talk to a workers comp lawyer about the extent of the injuries and see if they have a case. It does not cost much to make a phone call and consultations are free. 


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Judge voids Glouco clerk’s workers’ comp award
Gloucester County Clerk Jim Hogan got $21,600 last summer in workers’ compensation for a slip and fall in his office building in Woodbury. He blamed “water on the marble floor” of the lobby for hip and knee injuries.

Read more on The Philadelphia Inquirer

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There’s a misperception that people who file worker’s compensation claims aren’t “really hurt.” Truth be told, about 80 percent of all worker’s comp claims filed are legitimate, from people genuinely injured and entitled to their claim. That said, insurance companies, HR managers and other professionals involved in the claim process need to be aware of the red flags to detect those 20 percent or so claims not on the up-and-up.

 

Lyons &Wolivar Inc. (L&W Investigations), the foremost private investigations firm specializing in insurance claims, offers these tips or red flags to spotting possible abuses of a workers comp claim:

 

“The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud estimates the costs associated with insurance fraud to be $120 billion annually. That’s not an epidemic, that’s a plague and it requires insurance and HR professionals to be aware of these red flags,” said Neal Lyons, chairman and CEO of Lyons & Wolivar , Inc.

L & W is not your typical private investigations firm because it works exclusively on workers compensation, disability, liability, auto and property claims for organizations ranging from insurance companies to third-party administrators, self-insured companies to law firms and municipalities.

L &W employs seasoned investigators who specialize in investigating insurance cases (or claims). All L&W investigators go through extensive training and have access to the most state-of-the-art surveillance equipment. L&W’s service offerings include: surveillance; statements; activity/disability checks; asset/background investigations; and medical audits/clinic inspections.

For more information on L&W Investigations you can call their corporate offices at (508) 616-9370 or visit the Web site at www.lwinvestigations.com.

Not your everyday investigations firmLyons &Wolivar, Inc. (L&W Investigations) specializes in insurance claims. In addition to nationwide coverage, L&W investigators are highly trained specialists equipped with state-of-the-art surveillance technologies and other advanced systems to provide second-to-none results and service. That includes online case status reports, video delivery by digital download or CD, DVD or VHS tape, rush services at no extra charge and much more.

L&W Investigations territories are located across the U.S. and the Hawaiian Islands as well as in Canada and Puerto Rico.

For additional information, visit the Web site at www.lwinvestigations.com or contact L&W’s corporate headquarters located in Westborough, Massachusetts, at (508) 616-9370.


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I need to know how I can find a workers comp lawyer that works fast, fair and efficiently. I have no idea how I can begin to research a lawyers wins and loses and just generally what people think of the person.

Thanks for the help,
Jess

Workers’ Compensation laws are designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled on the job are provided with fixed monetary awards, eliminating the need for litigation. These laws also provide benefits for dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses. Some laws also protect employers and fellow workers by limiting the amount an injured employee can recover from an employer and by eliminating the liability of co-workers in most accidents. State Workers Compensation statutes establish this framework for most employment. Federal statutes are limited to federal employees or those workers employed in some significant aspect of interstate commerce.

The Federal Employment Compensation Act provides workers’ compensation for non-military, federal employees. Many of its provisions are typical of most worker compensation laws. Awards are limited to “disability or death” sustained while in the performance of the employee’s duties but not caused willfully by the employee or by intoxication. The act covers medical expenses due to the disability and may require the employee to undergo job retraining. A disabled employee receives two thirds of his or her normal monthly salary during the disability and may receive more for permanent physical injuries, or if he or she has dependents. The act provides compensation for survivors of employees who are killed.

While most injured workers recover quickly, and beyond making the initial injury report to qualify for benefits have no real awareness of the Workers’ Compensation system, those more seriously injured may have difficulty with their employer or with the compensation system. Those workers may benefit from consulting with experienced Workers’ Compensation attorneys in their state. Workers’ Compensation litigation is generally considered to be simpler than traditional injury litigation, as it takes place in an administrative setting and may involve relaxed evidentiary rules.

Why Hire an Attorney?

Workers typically need to hire a workers’ comp lawyer when they are refused benefits to which they are entitled, are told that they can return to work before they are actually medically able, or are denied extended or permanent disability despite significant disabling injury. If your employer sends you to a doctor who declares that you are able to return to work even though you don’t believe you are yet able, or tries to get you to return to work to a special job created to accommodate your injury, you should consider speaking to a workers’ compensation lawyer right away.

The reason is this: while a typical injured employee does not know the law, a typical employer is very much aware of how the compensation system works and how to terminate an employee’s benefits. An injured worker who returns to work in a specially created position may well find that, two weeks later, the position is eliminated and he is laid off – but is no longer eligible for workers’ comp.

Similarly, many employers utilize doctors who are much more interested in maintaining a good continuing relationship with the employer than with accurately diagnosing the employee – too many declarations of continuing disability will likely cause the employer to send injured employees to a different doctor. A lawyer can help you protect your rights when one of these “hired gun” doctors tries to block you from getting necessary treatment, cut off your benefits, or send you back to work too early.


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this guy passed away and i dont know how to get compensated for this accident. is there lawyers that handle this sort of cases or should i just let workers comp. call the shots?