Hurt at work in Virginia?
Virginia workers’ compensation attorneys can help you.
If you have been seriously injured at work, hurt at a job site, or while working in Virginia, you know the uncertainty and stress that a work injury can bring to you and your family. Workers’ compensation systems and benefits vary from state to state, and here in the DMV—Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.—the workers’ compensation laws, regulations, agencies, systems, and benefits are all different.
But one thing you can count on, whether you are hurt on the job in Virginia, D.C., or Maryland, is that there will be a workers’ compensation insurance company acting on behalf of your employer. And that insurance company has no duty to you. A workers’ compensation insurance adjuster is not like your employer or the people you work with. They don’t know you or care about you. Like all insurance companies, their duty is to deny claims, reduce the amount they pay to you for your injuries, and limit the amount of medical treatment you receive—so they pay less for that too.
And there are legal and procedural ways for them to do this. Remember, the workers’ comp adjuster and nurse are trained to deny and delay claims, and they have handled thousands of workers’ compensation cases for the insurance company. They are experienced and know the law, procedures, and regulations.
Plus, every workers’ compensation system is complicated. There are specific time frames you need to comply with, forms you need to file, and certain steps you need to take to protect your rights. In fact, Protect Your Rights is the title of the book attorney, Frank Kearney, who has been helping injured workers for 31 years now, wrote for people who have been hurt on the job and are now in this system. It is not available to insurance companies, adjusters, or lawyers—it’s only for people who get hurt at work. Click here to get your copy.
That is how strongly we feel about getting you the right information—so you don’t get taken advantage of by the workers’ compensation insurance company and so you don’t make the mistakes that can kill your case before it even gets started. Too many times, we talk to people who thought they could do this on their own, or that their company would take care of them, or they believed something they were told by the adjuster.
The reality is, unless you follow all of the steps and requirements of the workers compensation law, regulations, and system, the workers’ compensation insurance company will deny or delay your legitimate injury—whether you hurt your back at work, need a rotator cuff surgery, or have a torn meniscus.
So don’t let that happen to you and your family. Get the help you need today and call us for a free, no-obligation, completely confidential consultation. We make it easy for you to get the benefits you deserve when you are hurt on the job and the medical treatment that you need to heal from your injuries.
Give us a call at 202-393-3320.