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Back Injuries and Workers’ Compensation
If you’ve been hurt while at work, you are legally owed workers’ compensation benefits to cover your medical expenses and other costs. However, insurance companies and some employers can be hesitant to provide workers’ compensation benefits, even when they’re deserved. Receiving compensation for certain injuries can be particularly difficult. Many workers’ compensation insurance companies… Read More »
What Are the Most Common Types of Faulty Equipment in the Workplace?
Industrial accidents in the workplace can occur as a result of faulty and defective equipment. Such accidents can cause both minor and severe injuries that result from an improperly made piece of machinery or equipment. For workers in certain fields who regularly handle machinery and equipment that could be faulty, it’s important to be… Read More »
What if Your Employer Denies Workers’ Compensation?
Compensation for workplace injuries may seem straightforward — you get hurt, you file a claim, you get paid — but unfortunately, it’s not always that simple. While most employers are required to have insurance coverage in case of a workplace accident, there are still reasons a claim may get denied. Luckily, there are options… Read More »
What You Should and Shouldn’t Say to Your Workers’ Comp Doctor
If you have suffered an injury on the job, you may think that your next step is to simply fill out the proper paperwork to receive workers’ compensation. However, it’s not always that easy. Before you can receive compensation for your injuries, your companies’ insurance company may ask you to go through an independent… Read More »
Defective Airbag Deployment. Who Is Liable?
Airbags are important pieces of safety equipment for a car. They are gas-inflated cushions designed to create a protective barrier between drivers and passengers and the hard surfaces in their cars at the time of an accident. They work by relying on crash sensors to trigger the rapid expansion of nitrogen gas into the… Read More »
Can a Work Injury or Accident Cause PTSD?
Being the victim of a workplace accident can be overwhelming. In addition to whatever physical injuries you may sustain, there can be psychological ramifications as well, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Louisiana is one of the safer places to work, according to 2019 Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The national incidence rate of… Read More »
Can You Lose Workers’ Comp Benefits for Being Intoxicated?
Louisiana workers’ compensation law states that if an employee was intoxicated at the time that the employee’s injury occurred and the intoxication caused the injury, then the workers’ compensation insurance company does not have to pay workers’ compensation benefits to that employee. Still, workers’ compensation cases can be complicated when matters of substance use… Read More »
What Happens if You Are Injured in a Car Accident in a Parking Lot?
Most people are wary when traveling over 50 mph on a freeway. Cars zip back and forth as they change lanes, and some drivers speed without seeming to pay attention to the rules of the road. You may be surprised to know that parking lots are also dangerous places for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians…. Read More »
When the Pain Isn’t Physical: Does Workers’ Comp Cover Mental Health?
It’s rare to work in a job where you never feel stressed. But sometimes the emotional damage is so extreme your mental health suffers and you are psychologically injured. You start to wonder whether mental injuries are covered by workers’ compensation. This is a concern for anyone working in Mississippi when their work-related stress… Read More »
I Have Been Hurt Before. Am I Still Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits?
The short answer to the question above is yes, but it’s complicated. Read on for more details. The NIH (National Institutes of Health) published data showing that as of 2018, fully 27% of non-elderly adults in the United States had a pre-existing condition. This is also referred to as a declinable condition. Both Mississippi… Read More »