On Behalf of Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa | July 19, 2024 | Workers' Compensation
If you’ve been injured on the job, you face a difficult path forward, and maximizing your workers’ compensation is a serious concern. While there are several primary steps that can help you accomplish this, one of the most important things anyone in your situation can do is consult with an experienced Florida workers’ compensation attorney early in the process.
How Workers’ Compensation Works
Employers are required to carry workers’ compensation for their employees in the State of Florida, which means that employees are covered in the event they’re injured on the job. In the process, however, both sides give something up. As an employee, you can’t sue your employer for the losses you suffer in an accident that’s based on your employer’s negligence, and while the employer is required to pay for your coverage, they’re protected from costly and time-consuming personal injury cases.
The compensation you can seek in a workers’ compensation claim includes the following:
- A specific percentage of your earnings
- Your necessary medical expenses
- Disability benefits – if you’re unable to return to work for a considerable amount of time or if your inability to work is permanent
Maximizing these forms of compensation can play a pivotal role in your ability to fully recover.
The Steps Forward
Your workers’ compensation claim will be unique to you and the circumstances involved, but the following steps are universally beneficial:
- Seek the immediate medical attention that you need and carefully follow your doctor’s advice and instructions.
- Inform your supervisor or boss that you were injured on the job as soon as you’re able to do so.
- Consult with a savvy worker’s compensation attorney early in the process.
- Document every aspect of your injury and your recovery journey, including your schedule of healthcare treatments, procedures, and visits – as well as your medical bills and related out-of-pocket expenses.
- Allow your knowledgeable workers’ compensation attorney to skillfully negotiate with the insurance company for a settlement that fairly addresses your losses in their entirety – and leave any communicating with the insurance company to your attorney as well.
- Don’t be fooled by an early settlement offer by the workers’ compensation insurance provider – it’s likely for an amount that doesn’t even begin to cover the full range of your losses. Before you sign off on anything, you owe it to yourself to carefully review the matter with your attorney.
- Stay off social media while your claim is pending – the insurance company is watching, and they’re skilled at twisting words to suit their own purposes. You’re better off not giving them anything to work with.
An Experienced Florida Workers’ Compensation Attorney Is on Your Side
If you’ve been injured at work, your recovery can hinge on your ability to maximize your workers’ compensation benefits, and the persuasive Florida workers’ compensation attorneys at Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa will leave no stone unturned in their focused pursuit of a settlement that adequately addresses your complete losses. Your claim is important, so please don’t hesitate to reach out and contact us online or call 561-478-2500 for more information about what we can do to help you today.
Gerald A. Rosenthal
Retired
Since opening the firm now known as Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa more than 40 years ago, Gerald A. Rosenthal has been a dedicated champion of the everyday hero – police officers, firefighters, teachers, nurses, construction workers, farm workers, and more. Passionate about preserving the civil rights of laborers, he has fought tirelessly against giant insurance companies who deny the injured workers their benefits. It’s not just the lawsuit Rosenthal fights to win – he is driven by the opportunity to restore his client’s quality of life.
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