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First and foremost, if you are injured, you should seek immediate medical treatment. You should give an accurate history of your injuries to your doctors; then, if your injuries are serious, you should contact an attorney who concentrates in personal injury law to learn your rights. Photographs and evidence should be obtained at an early stage.

If a case does not settle, an arbitrator, a jury, or a judge will decide the value of your case, depending on the type of case. The insurance company does not determine its ultimate value! Over 90% of all cases settle. Therefore, 90% of the time, the parties agree on a value.

In most cases, if your injury (or occupational disease) is related to work, you probably have a workers' compensation claim. You are entitled to receive certain types of benefits, including medical benefits that cover the costs of your treatment and disability benefits that repay you for some of the income you lost due to your injury.

Minor or temporary injuries can be handled without an attorney. However, for permanent injuries, you should seek the advice of an experienced workers' compensation attorney so that your rights are protected. (For example, because of the seriousness of the following injuries, you should retain the services of a workers' compensation attorney for back injuries, surgeries of any type, being unable to work or on light duty for more than two weeks, medical treatment over four weeks, or being unable to perform your job at 100%.) There is no charge to call our office to determine your rights and the value of your claim. Again, the insurance adjuster is protecting the insurance company's interests, not yours.

Yes. Often, injured workers have a workers' compensation claim against their employer and a personal injury case against the company causing the injury. For example, if an electrician falls through a hole left uncovered by a concrete sub-contractor, the electrician then has two separate claims for the same injury. He can have a worker's compensation claim through his employer and a third-party personal injury claim with other entities, such as the concrete sub-contractor.