If you consider yourself to be an independent contractor who was recently injured on the job, before taking the steps towards filing a claim, we first recommend you double check your job classification. The form of payment alone or failure…
You’re at the office, and you leave to visit a client. While driving to visit the client, you get into a car accident and sustain injuries that require much more than a first-aid kit. Although you’re not physically in the…
Florida Is A Top State For Travel Florida has robust tourism, travel, and hospitality industries. Florida residents enjoy many of the destinations and fun activities. Many residents also work in one of these industries, which may require traveling, such as on…
We’ve discussed before, some of the differences between workers’ compensation and personal injury cases. Knowing these differences can help you manage your expectations and also ensure that you contact the appropriate attorney. However, there are instances where an accident that occurs at…
Many workers find themselves in the unfortunate position of getting injured at work, and not knowing what to do next. A work injury can be very destabilizing to the individual and their family unit, so taking the correct steps to preserve workers' comp…
Injured workers always want to know who will pay for their pain and suffering, especially if it's caused by the negligence of another person. Generally these types of intangible damages, such as pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of capacity to…
Issue: I work doing mostly heavy manual labor. I injured my back lifting a load. I told my supervisor immediately. He told me not to file a claim and to continue to work. I tried, but I find working to be increasingly difficult.…
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