Work Injury Attorney New Jersey

- It may develop into a more serious injury.
- Your employer must be officially notified by yourself or else you won’t be eligible for workers compensation payments or benefits.
- There is a limited timeframe during which you must report the injury. If you wait too long to report it, regardless of how serious your injury is, you may not be able to collect workers comp.
- Once you have reported the injury, your employer can begin the process of submitting your claim to their workers compensation insurance company. If your claim is denied or is unreasonably delayed, a work injury attorney may be able to help you.
- Medical cost reimbursement.
- A percentage of your lost wages due to an inability to work because of the injury.
- Permanent injury loss of wages, medical costs, and medical benefits.
- An employee can sue an employer if intentional misconduct was a factor, meaning that the employer was aware of the harmful effects of the workplace (a common example of this is asbestos or other chemical exposures)
- The employer knew of the hazards in the workplace, but did not remove or warn the employees of its presence.
- The “punch-press exception”, where an employer removes a safety feature to save on the bottom dollar, but it caused increased danger to workers health
- The worker instigated a fight while in the workplace, which led to injury
- The worker was under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol at the time
- The worker had purposefully caused the accident to happen so they can frauduently use workers’ comp benefits
- The worker was violating a safety regulation or other rule which caused the accident to occur