There are many reasons you should hire a workersโ comp attorney even if your claim is accepted. Workersโ compensation is designed to provide wage loss benefits and to cover medical costs for workers who have been injured in the workplace. But just because the workersโ compensation system is in place to help injured workers, donโt assume you wonโt need a workersโ comp lawyer if your claim is accepted. Workersโ comp is funded by employers and insurance companies and they may not want to pay out the full amount of compensation you are entitled to
What can a workers comp attorney do for me?
If youโve experienced an injury or illness at work, a workersโ comp lawyer can help you pursue the benefits that you deserve. They will help you understand which benefits you’re entitled to for medical costs, lost wages, and disability.
Keep in mind, the insurance company and your employer have the insurance adjuster along with nurses,lawyers and billions of dollars as advocates. A workersโ comp lawyer will look out for your best interests.
Why should I hire a workersโ comp attorney for an accepted claim?
You may think the workersโ comp insurance adjuster, the nurse case manager, and your employerโs human resources person are looking out for you now, but at some point in the near or distant future, you wonโt feel that way. Theyโll decide youโve been injured too long and will work to manipulate your medical care and medical providers in order to get them to release you from care and say your injury is no longer from work. Maybe your employer will decide it canโt keep your job open any more and fire you. Perhaps the nurse case manager will tell your doctor youโre a malingerer, even though youโre not. There are myriad ways in which your claim can go awry if you continue to trust that the insurance company is looking out for you. Other ways include offering you a premature (and far too low) settlement when youโre nowhere near finished treating.
In some situations you may not necessarily need representation for your workersโ comp claim, however this is the exception, not the rule. If you have a workplace injury in Georgia, I strongly encourage consulting (for free!) with my office to see how we can help be your advocate during your recovery from a workplace accident.