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When you are injured on the job, making ends meet becomes nearly impossible, especially with mounting medical bills. Injured workers may be entitled by law to collect worker’s compensation benefits. When your employer denies your fair claim, it may be time to hire an experienced worker’s compensation attorney. The attorneys at Robert J. Dewey, P.A. know Worker's Compensation law, and we have experience in getting much needed benefits to help keep our clients afloat. Depending on your industry and employer, the amount and duration of benefits you are entitled to may vary.

  • The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act applies to workers suffering work-related injuries in North Carolina, or to those injured outside North Carolina if the employer's principal place of business is in North Carolina or the employee's principal place of employment is in North Carolina.
  • The Federal Employment Liability Act applies to injured, disabled or killed railroad workers.
  • The Merchant Marine Act/ Jones Act provides benefits to seapersons when they are injured or killed on the job.
  • The Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act provides benefits to seaworkers suffering from an occupational disease.
  • The Black Lung Benefits worker's compensation act protects workers who are injured in the mining industry.
  • The Energy Employees Occupational Illness worker's compensation act provides benefits to Department of Energy workers who are killed or injured on the job.

If your injury is deemed work-related, workers' compensation benefits may include payment of medical expenses and compensation for any lost wages. Dependents of workers killed on the job may also be entitled to benefits.

Work related injuries should be reported immediately to the supervisor and a written report filed. In order to prove that a client is eligible to collect worker’s compensation benefits, a skilled attorney will need to demonstrate that the employee suffered a true injury that requires medical care, and that the injury resulted during a work-related situation.

Construction Site Accidents

Prosecution of construction site accidents can be tricky. Because employees choose to endure the inherent risks on-site daily, they are aware of the nature of the job choice. Serious injuries and even death occur more than in other trades, but an experienced attorney will investigate the accident to determine and demonstrate that it resulted specifically from negligence or unsafe conditions above and beyond the inherent risks of the job.

The Robert J. Dewey understands Worker’s Compensation regulations and we know how to get you the money you deserve to provide for your family and meet medical responsibilities.

For fair, aggressive legal help, trust the experience of North Carolina worker’s compensation lawyer Robert J. Dewey at Robert J. Dewey, P.A..

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