Category: Workers’ Compensation

Confused about your work injury?

Here are 10 questions to ask your workers comp lawyer to give you a better perspective on your case.

Workers compensation should be a fairly simple process: you get hurt, you report your injury, you get reimbursed for your medical treatments and lost wages. But for many Floridians, the reality can become a lot more complicated. And that’s where hiring a workers compensation attorney can help.

But hiring an attorney is a whole new can of worms. With so many to choose from, how do you know which attorney can get the results you need? Luckily, asking some key questions can help you decide on a lawyer before you make any commitments.

Here are 10 questions to ask a workers comp lawyer before you hire them. Read more

Are work injuries protected by privacy laws?

Here’s everything you need to know about HIPAA and workers comp.

If you have been injured on the job and are being treated through workers compensation, you may have questions about the privacy of your medical treatment as you recover. How much will the insurance company know about your injury? How much will your employer know? Is there any way to keep your health condition between you and your doctor?

Regardless of the extent or severity of your injury, these concerns are valid and it’s important to understand the relationship between HIPAA and workers comp. Read more

Car accidents happen to everyone.

But what happens if you get into a car accident while on the job?

There are a lot of ways to get injured at work: a forgotten hard hat, an unsecured rug, or even overexertion. But one that’s most consistently overlooked is one of the most common causes of injury out of work: car accidents.

Even during the entirety of 2020 (a year when many people were staying home), there were more than 140,000 crashes that caused injury to drivers and their passengers.

While you might be aware of the steps to take following a crash, do you know how it affects you if you get in a car accident while on the job? Read more

If you’ve been injured in a work-related accident, you probably have several questions…

The most important of which is: “What does workers comp cover?”

No matter how diligent you might be about preventing workplace accidents, they sometimes happen anyway.

That’s the nature of accidental injuries: you don’t usually get a warning that your lifestyle and physical condition are about to drastically change. Which means, when you do get injured, you might be left with dozens of questions about the workers’ comp process.

One of the most important ones being, “What does workers comp cover?” Read more