Carson City Workers’ Compensation Lawyer

All costs for medical treatment for your injury, from the time it occurred to date, are covered under your workers’ compensation claim. This includes emergency services needed at the scene, the initial medical evaluation and treatment, and any ongoing medical care you are currently receiving.

Your workers’ comp settlement will also include coverage for any future medical treatment needed relating to your injury. This includes physical therapy, counseling, rehabilitation care, subsequent surgeries and follow-ups, and more. That is why a full medical evaluation is necessary as soon as possible following the injury, so your lawyer can negotiate the right settlement amount for you.

When an injury is suffered in the workplace, the individual may be entitled to temporary partial disability or temporary total disability compensation. This essentially means that they are unable to return to work in any capacity until they have fully healed from their injuries, so they will receive regular weekly payments until that time.

Permanent partial disability payments are based on a scale where a doctor assigns a certain percentage of ability to the affected body part after it has healed to the best of its ability. This percentage determines how much the individual is still able to work, and what payments they are entitled to receive to fill the gap.

In cases where the individual is no longer able to work at all due to their injuries, such as if they lost a limb or lost their eyesight in a workplace incident, the attorney can negotiate for a permanent total disability settlement. This is a lifelong payout to the individual to help cover the financial loss.

If someone has died as the direct result of a workplace injury, their loved ones could be entitled to compensation. While the financial recompense will never bring their loved one back or make up for the loss, it can help ease the financial stress of transitioning to life without them.