Oak Run, CA Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

Workers comp is still supposed to cover your medical expenses and two-thirds of your average weekly wages for the 52 weeks prior to your injury. If they are not paying, you should file for a hearing with the Worker's Compensation Board. If you have a permanent injury, you may be able to get a "schedule award" which is based on a formula depending on the extent of your disability. But: you should get some advice as to whether the schedule award is your best option. Depending on your situation, you may be better off getting disability payments and having your medical expenses taken care of Depending on what caused the accident, there may be another possibility, if there some party other than your employer who caused the accident, such as a janitorial company or repair service. Accidents that occur on construction sites or car crashes during the course of employment have particular rules as well.

Yes. You have a right to change your attorney at any time. Your current attorney may have the right to make a claim against any recovery you get for the reasonable value of his services rendered to date. Is there a police report?

The statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit in West Virginia is two years from the date of the incident that caused your injury. Accident victimscan be compensated for economic damages: actual dollar losses such as medicalbills, lost wages, and lost future income earning ability. Pain, suffering,humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life, and grief over the loss of a loved oneare some of the non-economic losses for which a person may receivecompensation. Punitive damages are also awarded in rare cases which serve topunish a defendant for extreme negligence and serve to deter future similarconduct by that defendant and others. Contact a personal injury attorney today to discover whether you may have a claim or not for your workplace injury.