Injuries at Work: Asserting your Rights

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Legal )



WORK AT HOME

If you are injured at work, your company is obligated to shoulder all your medical expenses such as hospitalization, medications and other required treatments such as physical and occupational therapy.

Depending on the extent of your work place injury, you will also be entitled to damages. If you have been rendered unable to work, you can ask the company for pension arrangements.

Injuries at work are special cases because you do not need to prove negligence to be entitled to benefits. Because you were injured in the line of duty or while dispensing your work responsibilities, it is only right that your company takes care of you get injured at work.

RIGHT TO SUE

However, this is not always the case when injuries at work happens. Some companies will not shoulder any costs but let your medical insurance pay for your medical needs. In such injuries at work cases, it is very well within your rights to file for a civil lawsuit to force your company to pay you damages if they refuse to do so.

This is especially important if you have been gravely injured at work and have been handicapped to such an extent that you can never work again. If you are set on filing for a liability case, it is recommended that you retain the services of a lawyer adept at handling such cases.

Depending on the merits of your work injury case, the liable company may want to enter into a settlement and offer you a certain sum of money in exchange for you dropping the case against them. If you feel that the settlement amount is fair, then you may opt to accept the settlement terms. If the amount is not good enough, you may ask for a better amount or go ahead with the lawsuit and then let the courts decide.


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