Helping Injured Workers Get the Benefits They Deserve
If you have been injured on the job, you may be eligible for workers' compensation benefits, including medical treatment and compensation for your lost wages and impairment to any parts of your body.
At the law firm of Grandy & Martin in Charlotte, we have been helping injured workers obtain North Carolina workers' compensation benefits for more than 25 years.
Contact us today to schedule a free consultation with a knowledgeable attorney you can rely on to pursue the workers' compensation benefits you deserve. You will pay no legal fees unless we secure a settlement or verdict on your behalf.
Understanding Your Employer's Legal Obligations
If you have suffered a workplace injury that qualifies you for workers' compensation, there are a number of different benefits you may be entitled to receive. Depending on the exact circumstances of your case, you may be eligible for some or all of the following benefits.
- Total wage loss: If your doctor says that you are unable to do any work that your employer is able to assign to you, you are entitled to compensation for your lost wages.
- Partial wage loss: If your employer assigns you to light duty at a lower wage than you were earning before, you are entitled to a benefit to help make up for the difference.
- Medical benefits: Your employer is required to provide you with medical treatment to help you recover from and cope with the physical consequences of your injuries.
- Permanent partial disability: If your doctor determines that your ability to use one or more body parts has been reduced, you are entitled to compensation for this loss.
- Permanent total disability: If you are unable to work, due to a disability you have received in a work accident, your employer must compensate you for this disability.
- Workplace fatalities: If you have lost a spouse or parent in a workplace accident, or due to a workplace injury, you may be entitled to a death benefit through workers' compensation.
- Additional workers' comp benefits: Your employer may offer or may be required to provide certain additional benefits, including retraining and rehabilitation.
To learn more about the benefits that you are entitled to — or to get help pursuing a claim that your employer is trying to deny — please contact a Charlotte workers' compensation attorney to schedule an appointment with an experienced workers' compensation lawyer.
