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Alabama Workers’
Compensation Attorney
Have you been injured on the job?
Are you concerned about
whether the injury in permanent?
Are you worried about how
to pay your bills while you are out of work?
If so, give me a call. You never
know how precious your health is until you lose it. Maybe it
happened in an accident—you were passing boxes off a ramp or
slipped on a dock, or you were around some heated machinery
and suffered a burn injury or had your hand or arm pulled
into a tree
cutting machine. Maybe your injury occurred slowly—after
10 years of data entry, your fingers start feeling tingly
and numb (carpal tunnel syndrome).
If you are injured on the job,
you are entitled to worker’s compensation. Also known as
workers’ comp or workman’s comp, the disability benefits
that you get are based on the extent of the impairment or
injury. If you have been injured on the job, contact Stewart
Springer. As an Alabama workers compensation attorney, I can
help you get the compensation you deserve.
Why Hire a Lawyer?
Workers’
comp benefits are based on the extent of your disability.
The laws in Alabama are not favorable to the employee. If
the disability is partial, you get a maximum of 300 weeks of
compensation—about 6 ½ years. If the disability is permanent
and total, you could get benefits for life.
In order to receive the benefits
you need to pay your bills and provide for your family, you
need to have a knowledgeable attorney on your side. An
attorney can ensure that the calculations for your benefits
are correct. There is a physical impairment rating and a
vocational impairment rating. The law states that you are
entitled to be compensated based on the impairment on your
ability to earn, not just your physical impairment rating
that is usually given by the doctor. However, the insurance
company may try to pay you solely based on your doctor’s
physical impairment rating. That usually results in a much
lower settlement offer. A lawyer can help your properly
evaluate your case by taking ALL factors allowed by law into
account. The attorney’s fees are limited by statute in
Alabama. You cannot afford not to have an attorney if you
have suffered a permanent injury on the job.
Additionally, even though it is
illegal to fire someone for making a workers’ compensation
claim, it often happens. An attorney can challenge a
wrongful termination.
Finally,
you may be entitled to more than you think. You may be able
to file a separate personal injury lawsuit, enabling you to
collect more.
Contact me
through my Contact Form!
I
represent clients in Birmingham, Alabama, and most clients
come from Alabama, al though we have helped clients
throughout the United States. My personal injury lawyers
receive many cases from the Alabama cities of Bessemer,
Mountain Brook, Homewood, Fairfield, Gadsden, Jasper,
Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville, Greensboro, Fayette,
Pickens, Greene, Hale, and Tuscaloosa.
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