(864) 582-0416 No matter what industry you work in or what your typical job duties entail, there’s always at least some risk that a coworker’s error, a dangerous property condition, or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time could lead to you suffering a serious injury at work. This is why most people employed in South Carolina have access to workers’ compensation benefits, which are supposed to reimburse you for things such as medical bills and lost wages while you recover.
Unfortunately, the insurance companies that provide workers’ comp coverage often make the process difficult for injured workers, especially if those workers try to pursue the benefits they deserve without a personal injury attorney’s support. If you want to get a solid outcome from your workers’ comp claim, the assistance of a Greenville workers’ compensation lawyer from Holland & Usry can be essential. Call today for a FREE case review.
If you’re classified as an employee—as opposed to an independent contractor—of a company with at least four employees on staff (including you), you have a right under state law to have workers’ compensation coverage provided to you by your employer. This coverage should apply to any injury you sustain while you’re at work and performing job-related duties, which can include not only what’s directly mentioned in your job description but also tasks such as traveling between worksites.
The primary benefit workers’ comp provides is covering all reasonably necessary medical expenses to get you back to your pre-injury condition or as close to it as possible. If your injury forces you to miss time at work, you can also generally seek temporary disability benefits equal to about two-thirds of your lost work wages. A Greenville workers’ comp attorney can help you pursue permanent disability benefits if your doctor concludes you suffered a permanent injury- and most comp cases involve some degree of permanent injury.
As long as you notify your employer about a workplace injury right after it happens and get prompt medical care for it, your employer should handle most of the actual filing process for a workers’ comp claim for you. Unfortunately, filing is the easy part—the hard part is if your employer’s insurance provider responds to your claim with unsympathetic and sometimes infuriating reasons why it doesn’t think your injury is as bad as it really is and why it won’t be giving you the benefits you need as a result.
A legal professional can help resolve initial claim denials quickly and effectively. If there are more complex reasons why you are being denied much-needed benefits, support from a Greenville workers’ comp lawyer will be virtually essential to secure the best possible resolution in your claim.
Workers’ comp should be a quick and easy way to get the financial help you’ve earned through your job performance if you are seriously injured at work. However, workers’ comp insurance providers are rarely cooperative when it comes to actually providing those benefits, as many claimants without legal representation unfortunately learn.
At Holland & Usry, we have years of experience fighting on behalf of people just like you in order to make insurers pay what they lawfully owe. Call today for a FREE case review to discuss your legal options with a Greenville workers’ compensation lawyer.
