Workers Comp Injury

Get the benefits you are entitled to, for a workers comp injury. Call our law offices if you think you are being treated unfairly or if the insurance company is making it tough. Our law firm fights aggressively for workers!

Call now for a workers comp injury lawyer
At (901) 818-4889 or toll free at 1-800-755-0107
Our consultations are free

A workers comp injury can happen suddenly or over time. If your employer’s insurer stalls or denies your claim, call us free of charge and without obligation. We will help you understand your rights. Over 25 years we have settled many cases. We know the tactics used to delay or deny full benefits.

Workers comp injury insurance is a beneficial system designed to protect employees from unsafe conditions. However, profits get in the way. Insurance firms have deep pockets, but they do not want to part with their money. We help clients seek the benefits to which they have a legal right.

Employers and employees both have responsibilities. Your employer is required to maintain as safe an environment as possible, correct mistakes quickly, and enforce safety rules. Employees are required to follow safety rules and regulations set out for their particular job.

Talk to our workers comp injury lawyer for free if you have questions about benefits. Always report a workers comp injury to your supervisor right away. This will start the clock on claim filing. Your claim will be evaluated by these criteria:

• It must be directly related to your job. This means you were in no way responsible and were working in a job-related capacity, on the clock. Sometimes after-hours and off-site accidents are covered you had to be there as a requirement of your employment.
  
  
• It must be an accident. This means that what happened was unexpected. It still may be related someone else’s negligence or failure to take action. You will run into problems if you were at fault, such as if you were intoxicated or violating safety rules.

A workers comp injury triggers what is known as “temporary total disability” if it prevents you from working for seven days. This is established by a doctor who has been approved by your employer’s insurance. You may be eligible for permanent partial disability if you fail to fully recover. This pays you 66 percent of your gross average annual salary. Minimum and maximum benefits are determined by the state.

More than 31,000 workers comp injury cases cost the U.S. economy an astounding $1 billion a year. Men, and those in the construction trades, are the most frequent victims. The most common injuries happen to the trunk of the body, head and neck, and hands and arms. Common occurrences are:



A workers comp injury caused by a negligent employer or co-worker is serious business. The Law Office of David E. Gordon, a board certified trial lawyer, has handled hundreds of employee claims successfully in the Memphis metro area. Let us talk with you about your situation.

Call now for a workers comp injury lawyer
At (901) 818-4889 or toll free at 1-800-755-0107
Our consultations are free

• Tennessee Workers Comp Injury
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The discussion of benefits on this web page is for informational purposes only and does not reflect the promise of an outcome of any future case handled by David E. Gordon.