Can I Sue My Employer Over a Work Injury ?

http://DaggettShulerLaw.com Generally, under Workers' Compensation, you are barred from having a lawsuit or a regular negligence claim against your employer. There's a trade off, Workers' Compensation is supposed to be a little bit more automatic than a negligence claim, so you don't have to wait for your benefits, that's good because your medical bills get paid as you go along and your lost income gets paid as you go along. But, the trade off is, you do not have a claim, under most circumstances, directly against your employer. Now, however, you could have a claim against somebody other than your employer for an injury that happens on the job. For example, if you're working on a defective machine and the defective machine causes the injury, and the defect in the machine was somebody's fault other than your employer, that's called a third party claim and those are good claims and an experienced attorney can handle for you. Another example would be, if as part of your employment, you're driving a vehicle and you're injured in an automobile crash that's the fault of the another driver, you may have both your Workers' Compensation claim and a negligence claim against another driver. So you have to again, seek competent, experienced advice in order to determine what types of claims you have to make sure you're properly protected and properly covered.