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If you were hurt in the course (and as a result) of performing your job, you are entitled to the following benefits: 

Workers' Compensation Benefits:

• 100% Medical Expenses – You are entitled to 100% of all reasonable and necessary medical expenses;

• Choice of Treating Doctors – While your employer can send you to a doctor (or doctors) for the purpose of your undergoing an “independent medical examination” (IME), your employer CANNOT order you to be treated (or receive treatment) from any particular doctor or medical facility. You are entitled to receive treatment by two (2) doctors of your own choosing, as well as, to receive treatment from doctors (or other medical providers) to whom you were referred by either of your first two doctors;

• Weekly Lost Wage Benefit – If your doctor feels it is necessary for you to be off work to recuperate from your injuries and/or to wait until a surgery and/or other medical procedure can be performed on you, you are entitled to receive Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits for the time that you are totally unable to work. TTD is a weekly wage benefit which is based on two-thirds of the average, gross, weekly wages received by you from this employer for the time period extending 52 weeks prior to the date of your accident. TTD is not subject to income tax;

• Compensation for Any Permanent Disability – After you have finished treatment for your injuries and your doctor has released you from further treatment, you may be entitled to receive compensation for your injuries. This compensation is called Permanent Partial Disability (PPD).

What you must do to protect and reserve your rights to Workers’ Compensation benefits:

• Give Notice – When you suffer an on-the-job injury, you must give notice of the accident to your employer no later than 45 days after the accident.

As a practical matter, you should give that notice as soon as possible after the accident.

Notice can be given orally or in writing, but it is recommended you give notice in writing; and if possible, by filling out an Accident Report Form and getting some supervisor to sign and date your copy of the notice.

Never sign a blank Accident Report Form; and always keep a copy of the completed accident report for your records.

Contact Us if you have been injured. It is important that you act promptly as certain statutes of limitations apply and you can lose your rights to be compensated.

The initial review of your case and the consultation is free. We look forward to working with you and we know you will be pleased with our services.

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