A worker’s compensation case can sometimes screech to a dramatic halt. An individual is out of work and receiving promises that their case is being handled. In the meantime, they are accumulating expenses and navigating the finances with their own personal insurance company. After a few weeks, the ball is dropped. The employer’s insurance falls through, and the carrier begins fighting the claim. The world opens up and the one who falls the deepest is the injured party.
Prepping for a Case After the First Red Flag
How can this problem be handled? A Workers Compensation Lawyer seeks to remedy the situation by representing the injured. Gardner Law Firm PC should not be the last resort. Many clients will contact the firm for some basic preliminary information. If they even sense that the process is not going smoothly, they will contact the firm and detail what has happened so far. This proactive response can work wonders when the employer’s insurance company stalls the compensation case along. The injured can respond promptly because they have already built rapport with the lawyer.
Facts and Casualty
The Workers Compensation Lawyer will seek two types of financial disbursement. The first is the raw facts. The law team will review the essential and measurable expenses from the case. Usually, this involves medical records. All of the facts are substantiated with strict invoices and fees from the medical institution. A Workers Compensation Lawyer will track the invoices accordingly with a final invoice report.
The team will then look at what is not easily measured. For example, a person has a certification in plumbing. They then lose their arm in a terrible plumbing-related incident. They are now unable to do the job they are certified for. Was it the responsibility of the worker? How about the employer?
Ultimately, it may not matter. The injury has forced them out of the field entirely, and that type of compensation (sometimes referred to as permanent partial disability) can provide a substantial settlement. It is an injury that cannot be reversed, no matter who is legal to blame. These scenarios make worker’s compensation law a touchy subject to millions of Americans throughout the last decades.
