Workers Compensation
Have you been injured at work? Contact a Florida workers’ compensation lawyer at the Coye Law Firm for a free consultation. The Coye Law Firm has successfully represented thousands of employees injured on the job and obtained exceptional results in a wide variety of serious and catastrophic injury cases. There are many benefits injured workers may be eligible to recieve when an at work injury occurs. Call us so that we might review your case at no cost to you. If our workers' compensation law firm accepts your case, we will not charge you any fees or costs unless you receive benefits. It is vital to have legal protection if you have been hurt at work.
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What benefits can I receive?
Depending on the individual claim and the severity of your injury, you may be eligible for all or some of the following payments:
- Weekly wage-loss benefits
- Medical and related treatment
- Occupational rehabilitation services
- Ambulance service
- Payment of hospital bills
- Travel expenses to attend appointments for medical and other treatment
- Compensation for your permanent impairment
- Vocational re-education and retraining, work aids and equipment and/or work trials
- When the injury results in the death of the worker, the dependent family members may be eligible for death benefits and/or funeral expenses
Is my employer required to provide workers compensation coverage?
Your employer is required to provide coverage if they are:
- in an industry, other than construction, and has four (4) or more employees, full-time or part-time
- in the construction industry, and has one (1) or more employees
- a state or local government
- a farmer, and has more than five (5) regular employees and/or twelve (12) or more other workers for seasonal agricultural labor lasting thirty (30) days or more
There are a few exceptions to these guidelines. Call the Coye Law Firm for a free consultation and to make sure your employer has correct coverage.
My employer says I am an independent contractor and not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, is that true?
Whether an injured employer is an independent contractor for Florida workers’ compensation purposes is very fact specific. Liability of an employer to provide benefits varies, depending on the facts of the case. The Coye Law Firm is an experienced Florida workers’ compensation law firm that can determine whether liability may exist in a particular case and help an injured person recover damages for lost wages and medical bills. We have made recoveries for clients even after other law firms have turned the case down. Please call us for a free consultation. There is no fee unless we collect on your claim.
What should I do to preserve my claim?
In order to properly preserve your workers’ compensation claim you should do the following:
- Get medical treatment.
- Report your accident to your supervisor immediately. Demand that an accident report be filled out.
- Contact an experienced Florida workers’ compensation law firm.
- Gather contact information of potential witnesses, including names, addresses and telephone numbers.
- Keep a copy of all the medical reports and bills you receive.
An overview of the Workers' Compensation process is found here.
Here is a list of useful links for both state and federal organizations.
Do I have more than just a workers’ compensation claim?
Many workers’ compensation claims also involve other claims. For instance, if you were injured at work while driving, you may have both a workers’ compensation claim and an automobile liability claim. If you can’t return back to work you may also have a Social Security Disability claim. The Coye Law Firm is an experienced Social Security, liability, and workers’ compensation law firm that can evaluate all your claims and help an injured person pursue their claims so they can optimize recovery in their claims for damages for lost wages, medical bills, and pain and suffering. Please call us for a free consultation.
To see if you can claim both workers' compensation and personal injury protection benefits, visit our page describing overlap of workers' comp and personal injury.
The intent of workers' compensation
According to Section 440.015 of Florida Statutes, the intent of Florida workers' compensation law is to assure the quick and efficient delivery of disability and medical benefits to an injured worker and to facilitate the worker's return to gainful reemployment at a reasonable cost of the employer. Unfortunately, most Florida injured workers find that there is nothing “quick” or “efficient” about the Florida workers’ compensation system. Simple requests for doctor’s appointments are denied for months without justification.
At the Coye Law Firm, our Orlando workers’ compensation attorneys have been helping injured workers receive the benefits they deserve for over 20 years. If you or a family member has been injured on the job, please contact a Florida workers’ compensation attorney at the Coye Law Firm. Our lawyers will vigorously pursue compensation for your injuries.
Contact us today
If you have been injured at work, or are the survivor of a family member who has died in a work place accident, you may be entitled to receive compensation for medical care, lost wages, and other damages. The attorneys of the Coye Law Firm have successfully represented many clients who have suffered as a result of an injury at work. Please contact us for a free consultation today.
