Understanding Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation Claims

If you are injured because of someone else, you might have a personal injury lawsuit claim.  If you were injured while at work, you could have a workers’ compensation claim and a personal injury claim.

How Do I Know if I Have a Workers’ Compensation Claim

The simplest way to answer that is by asking this question: “Were you hurt while working?” If the answer is yes, you might have a workers’ compensation claim. It is obviously more complicated than that and an experienced work comp lawyer can answer it in more detail. Some other factors are how serious the injury is and the type of injury.

 

How Do I Know if I have a Personal Injury Claim?

If you were injured because of someone else’s actions, you might have a personal injury claim. This can mean a car accident, slipping or tripping in a store, or more. It’s best to set up free consultations with personal injury lawyers to find out. But the sooner you find out, the better because there are deadlines to file lawsuits after an injury.

Can I have BOTH types of claims?

Yes! But you have to be injured while working to have both claims. If you were hurt because of someone else’s actions while working, you could have a personal injury claim against the other party and a workers’ compensation claim against your employer for disability payments while injured. An experienced lawyer can handle both claims for you simultaneously to maximize the compensation you could get from your injuries.

Understanding the difference between personal injury and workers’compensation claims is important to understand what paperwork to file, deadlines, and evidence required to prove your case. A lawyer experienced in both personal injury and workers’ compensation claims can handle both claims for you so you do not have to stress about handling two separate lawsuits to get the compensation you deserve.