Every day, injuries occur on-the-job that force employees to seek medical treatment and to miss time from work. Through the worker’s compensation system, the employer’s worker’s compensation insurance carrier provides a source of medical insurance, lost wages, and other monetary benefits to the injured employee.
The situation becomes more complex when the on-the-job injuries are caused by the negligence of someone who is not working for the same employer of the injured employee. The negligent individuals are considered non-employee, third parties.
In such instances where a negligent third party causes an on-the-job injury, the civil justice system may provide a source of monetary recovery in addition to the monetary recovery provided in the worker’s compensation system. The civil justice system may allow the injured employee to bring a personal injury action and seek recovery for medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering damages, among other types of damages, from the negligent third party’s applicable insurance coverage.
At the Zwerdling Law Firm, we proudly represent individuals in personal injury actions who have been injured by the negligence of others. Many of our clients are employees who have sustained on-the-job injuries from negligent third-party conduct. In addition to helping injured employees recover monetary damages in the civil justice system, we can help set up the injured employees with highly competent worker’s compensation attorneys to pursue recovery in the worker’s compensation system. We then work alongside the worker’s compensation attorneys to help ensure the best possible results through all the available legal avenues.
Recently, The Zwerdling Law Firm successfully represented an employee who sustained serious orthopedic injuries on-the-job due to negligent third party conduct. The injured employee was awarded $750,000.00 in personal injury damages from the negligent third party’s insurance carrier. At the same time, the attorneys at the Zwerdling Law Firm were able to work with the injured employee’s worker’s compensation attorney and the worker’s compensation insurance carrier to make certain that the injured employee maintained the medical and monetary benefits available through the worker’s compensation system.
If you or someone you know has sustained an on-the-job injury caused by the fault of a negligent third party, we at the Zwerdling Law Firm are ready to help.
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