On The Job
Workers compensation is not the end of the road. If anyone other than your employer contributed to the injury, there is usually a separate claim worth considerably more, and nobody is going to volunteer that.
Exclusive remedy has limits
Comp bars you from suing your employer. It does not bar a claim against an equipment manufacturer, another contractor on site, a property owner, or the driver who hit you while you were on the clock.
The third-party claim is the real one
Comp pays a fraction of lost wages and nothing at all for pain, suffering, or loss of consortium. A tort claim reaches all of it, and it runs alongside your benefits rather than instead of them.
The lien decides what you keep
Your employer's carrier will assert a lien against any third-party recovery. Negotiating that lien down is part of the work, and it is often the difference between a headline number and an actual one.
It does not cost you your benefits
Pursuing a third-party claim does not forfeit workers compensation. The two proceed together, and they should.
Not sure you have a case?
That is what the free review is for. Two minutes on the phone is usually enough to tell you.
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Tell us what happened. An attorney reviews it within 24 hours, and during business hours you will usually hear back in minutes.
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- You pay nothing unless we win money for you.
- Everything you share stays confidential.
- Photos and records help, but nothing is required.
