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The workers’ compensation channel has video content featuring experienced workers comp lawyers that are experts in workers’ compensation law in the state. They advocate for individuals that have been hurt at work and help them get the compensation they deserve.
Workers’ compensation law is very complex and on this channel you will find content related to topics such as duration of a workers’ comp claim, current legislation and pain management trends in work comp, when and how to report a work injury, immigration and workers’ compensation system, the integration of workers’ comp and other benefits, serious work injuries that may require modified work duties, types of work comp claims, workplace violence and workers’ compensation, COVID-19 work comp claims, work comp legislation and settlement of a workers’ comp case.
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3rd Party Work Injury Claims | Houston Work Injury Lawyer
If you’re injured on the job in Texas, you might be able to make a workers’ compensation claim through your employer. But sometimes, the injury was caused by another company—a third party. That might happen if you’re working at a place where many companies are contributing, like a construction site, on a third party’s property, or with a defective tool. -
Construction Fall Accidents
Along with accidents involving operators of heavy machinery or power tools, falls from a height are among the most common causes of injuries and deaths at construction sites. It’s not hard to see why. If your job takes you up high on a ladder, scaffolding or a roof, you’re at risk for a fall. Construction jobs that are especially dangerous for this reason include high-rise construction, roofing, electrical power line installation and repair and structural iron and steel work. -
How Does An On-The-Job Accident Case Work?
One of the most complicated types of personal injury accidents occurs on the job. This is for many reasons, some of which are unique to Texas, making handling these types of claims and lawsuits very complicated. -
How Soon Do I Need To Report A Work Related Injury?
The insurance company that insures your particular employer is obligated by Pennsylvania state law to either accept or deny your work injury claim within 21 days. -
If I’ve Been Injured at Work, Do I Need to Hire an Attorney?
In this video, we talk about injuries that happen at work and why it is important to contact a lawyer to determine if, in addition to your workers’ compensation claim, you may also have a personal injury claim known as a 3rd party claim. -
Injured at Work and No Insurance | Houston Injury Lawyer | Jim Adler & Associates
Workplace injuries can be very serious. Slips and falls, contact with machinery, car accidents and other injuries can keep you out of work for weeks and potentially change your life. If you don’t have health insurance, you could be on the hook for costs that can reach six figures. And when you’re out of work, it can be tough to eat and pay the rent, never mind paying medical costs. -
Serious Work Injuries May Require Modified Work Duties
In Pennsylvania when you are injured, the employer is obligated to provide you with a list called the panel of physicians. The law requires that there be at least 6 doctors on that panel of physicians of different specialties, you have to pick from that list in the first 90 days. In other words if you want your medical bills to be paid you have to treat with one of those doctors. After 90 days you can choose any doctor you want and those bills must be paid provided that the treatment is related to your injury and reasonable and necessary. -
Who is a Jones Act Seaman?
The Jones Act is a very worker-friendly law that allows you to replace all your wages, pay your medical bills and more after an accident. But it only applies to “seamen,” and there are specific rules about who is a seaman. So it pays to know who qualifies. -
Who is Eligible for Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
If your claim has been denied, you will need an attorney to file a claim petition. This petition is filed with the Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Workers' Comp in Harrisburg. -
Work Injuries and 3rd Party Claims
The big case is your third party case against someone who's not your employer, a third party truck driver, a third party construction worker. Your big case is for your loss wages, all your injuries, past, present, and future, past, present and pain and suffering, scarring, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, 30 big, big elements of damages that you're entitled to be paid by the insurance company for the third party company that hurts you, that made you become injured. -
Work Related Accidents and Injuries
A workplace injury might be something small like a cut hand at a food prep station in a restaurant, or it could be something much bigger, like an injury at a chemical plant, refinery or offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Other very serious injuries can include amputation from machinery or a traumatic brain injury from falling materials at a construction worksite. -
Workers’ Compensation – Protecting The Rights Of The Employees And Employers
Worker’s compensation is a crucial part of our legal system today. But it is also a complex one, that is often confusing to many people.
