If you have been injured on the job, you may be entitled to receive medical care for the injury or illness, disability compensation for a portion of your list wages, rehabilitation services, and, in the event death, benefits payable to your survivors. It is extremely important to seek legal counsel as soon as possible. Your employer or its workers’ compensation insurance company, will demand a written paperwork from you as well as a recorded statement.

If you have been denied workers' compensation benefits you have the option to file a Disputed Claim for Compensation, which is a workers’ compensation lawsuit. This process could take six to nine months, or longer if the case is appealed.

You have the freedom to choose your treating physician and may switch from one specialty of care to another without having to seek approval of the employer/insurer. You must have permission to switch from one provider to another within the same field of specialty.

Your employer has the option for you to be examined by a physician of his or her choice. Your failure to submit to any reasonable examination may cause your compensation payments to be temporarily suspended until you do so.

You also have the option of a lump sum settlement in your workers’ compensation case. The lump sum settlement is an agreement where the insurer/employer agree to pay the present value of the disputed claim at once, and his/her future obligations to you are fully and finally released. There is no formula for establishing a settlement value of a workers' compensation claim. It depends on your compensation at the time of your injury.

If you have been injured on the job, please contact our Firm immediately for a free consulation. 

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