Workplace Injury

Have you suffered a workplace injury? Do not make life-changing decisions without talking to an experienced lawyer. We may be able to help you seek the full benefits to which you are entitled.

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Our workplace injury attorneys help our clients seek the best outcome for their case – and we win fair settlements that are difficult for the average worker to negotiate alone. We can be an ally in many ways to clients who have been injured or made ill at work:

• Help fill out complicated paperwork and claims
• Understand the workers compensation process
• Go head to head with an employer’s insurance company
• File lawsuits when another party is involved (such as manufacturers of dangerous equipment)

A workplace injury can involve a life-altering construction accident or a repetitive injury caused by months or years of typing, answering phone or filing. It can involve unprotected exposure to hazardous substances or dangerous obstacles. It can mean losing a limb or a life.

There are about 31,000 on-the-job injuries annually. The actual number has dropped sharply in recent years – but only because of rampant unemployment. The economic conditions that have caused this have also prompted employers to extract more work out of fewer employees. In some cases, businesses cut corners in ways that affect employee safety.

• Common injuries suffered on the job include
• Hazardous chemicals
• Construction falls
• Machinery and equipment malfunctions
• Lifting heavy loads
• Repetitive injuries

To prevent workplace injury, you and your employer are bound by law to uphold approved safety measures. Your employer must provide safe conditions, and you are required to uphold approved safe work practices for your job. Workers comp is a “no fault” system that simply pays for medical care and lost wages without assigning legal fault. However, workers comp must involve a true accident that was not expected or anticipated, and it must have taken place within the course and scope of work.

File a workplace injury claim as soon as you are aware of the incident. Your employer must provide a list of three physicians from which to select for medical treatment. Bills for medical service are sent right to the employer.

A workplace injury victim is entitled to receive temporary total disability if he or she cannot work for seven days after the injury. When an employee does not fully recover, he or she is entitled to permanent partial disability. Tennessee law assigns a specific number of weeks in which employees can receive benefits, based on the body part affected. For example, a hand injury is worth 150 weeks, and a back injury, 400. A doctor will also consider other factor such as your age and education to determine a permanent partial disability rating.

Hire a workplace injury lawyer to help you understand the complex nature of these claims, and to make sure your rights are being upheld every step of the way. You do not want to risk years of disability affecting you and your family – especially as a result of a job you like and an employer you have trusted. An attorney can steer your case through the complicated and sometimes confusing maze of papers. Talk to our firm for free about your case today.

Call now for a workplace injury lawyer
At (901) 818-4889 or toll free at 1-800-755-0107
Get a free consultation

• Tennessee Workplace Injury
  • Memphis
  • Jackson
  • Millington
  • Germantown
  • Covington
  • Dyersburg
  • Bartlett
• Mississippi Workplace Injury
  • Southaven
  • Olive Branch
  • Horn Lake

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.