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Top 5 Work Injury Questions from a St Louis Personal Injury Lawyer

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Work Injury FAQ’s from a St. Louis Work Injury Lawyer

Q: What should I do after suffering a work injury?

A: You should immediately report the injury to your employer and then call a St Louis personal injury lawyer.

Do this immediately to defeat any claim by your employer that the injury did not happen on the job. After you have reported the injury, seek medical treatment through your employer, and remember to keep all records of treatment, including documentation of diagnoses.

Q: Should I retain an attorney?

A: The insurance company has expert legal advice, why shouldn’t you. Remember, the workers’ compensation doctor works for the employer. You need an advocate on your side.

You always have the option of representing yourself. However, the only positive you will get out of it is avoiding attorney’s fees, at the expenses of not getting the treatment or the recovery you deserve. The doctors, lawyers, and case adjusters all work for the insurance company. No one is looking out for you.

There have been many changes made to the workers’ compensation system that are bad and difficult for injured employees. There are precise deadlines, procedural rules, specific forms, and bureaucracy that are pitfalls for self-represented workers.

Q: Can I continue to work if I file a workers’ compensation claim?

A: Yes, and what’s more, the fact that you are working does not affect your right to pursue workers’ comp remedies such as permanent disability or further medical treatment.

Many injured workers return to the same job, even though they have permanent disability to which they are entitled.

Q: Do I have a possible personal injury claim from my work injury?

A: Generally, you do not have a personal injury claim against your employer if you were hurt on the job. Workers’ compensation is an “exclusive remedy,” meaning you can recover benefits from workers’ comp system, but not a personal injury claim against your employer.

However, in many situations a work injury may occur because of a third party. For example, if you are driving a truck with construction equipment to a job site and are injured in an accident, you may have a personal injury claim against the driver of the other vehicle.

Q: What if my claim is denied?

A: If your claim is denied, you have to show that the injury was sustained at your workplace and happened because you were doing your job.

The insurance company can say you were an independent contractor, that your injury was not caused by your job or that you already had the injury.

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At the Mueller Law Practice, we listen to you