North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Lawyers
What is Workers' Compensation? Do I Need an Attorney?
"Workers' Compensation" refers to a legal system that protects the rights of workers who become injured while on the job. Each state in the U.S. has its own set of workers' compensation laws detailing the specific benefits to which an injured person may be entitled. This set of laws details the procedures a worker must follow in order to obtain "worker's comp" benefits.
These laws vary from state to state. There are also laws providing for federal employees as well as workers in specific types of industries that cross state boundaries, such as railroad workers, shipping industry workers, and other transportation and industry workers. A workers' compensation lawyer is trained to navigate these complex legal systems on behalf of injured workers.
Some of the many injuries our workers' compensation lawyers have helped address in job injury cases include:
- Injuries to the back
- Injuries to the head
- Repetitive motion injuries
- Injuries requiring surgery or transplantation
- Injuries rendering a worker permanently or temporarily disabled
- Struck by moving machinery
- Struck by moving vehicle at a construction site
- Injured in an auto accident while in a company vehicle
- Falling from scaffolding or other equipment
- Injured by falling debris at a construction site
- Twisted back while moving equipment
- Lost a limb due to an accident with factory equipment
- Eye injured from a piece of metal shrapnel
Injury source data taken from NC State Construction Fatalities Data, 2004 and 2005.
A workers’ compensation lawyer may be able to help you with:
Denied Injury Claims
A notice of denial of job injury benefits does not have to be a dead-end situation if you hire experienced legal counsel. A lawyer may be able to help you get past this roadblock.
Disability Benefits
If your job injury has left you disabled, determining the extent of your benefits can be complicated without an experienced workers’ comp attorney.
Filing a Workers’ Compensation Claim
A workers’ compensation claim is a request to an insurance carrier for benefits provided under the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance policy.
Getting More Treatment
A workers’ compensation lawyer may be able to assist you to file a motion to obtain further treatment options.
Negotiating Settlement Agreements
A “compromise settlement agreement” or “clincher” should contain careful protection of the employee’s rights.
Social Security Disability Benefit Claims
Social Security Disability benefits may impact your workers’ compensation claim. A workers’ compensation lawyer can help you understand the benefits of each system and your rights.
