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Personal Injury and Automobile Accidents
- What you need to know about Virginia’s MOVE OVER law
- Club Patron Sues After Slip on Spilled Drink
- Virginia Beach Man Killed by Garbage Truck
- Tidewater area drivers: Beware, more Toyota recalls!
- Victim's Family Files Suit Against Winery and Market for Their Role in DUI Automobile Accident
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Virginia Drivers: Another Toyota Recall (Corolla, Matrix)
Posted on 8/30/2010
Excessive speed cited as factor in serious Virginia Beach car wreck
Posted on 8/27/2010
Norfolk VA car & bicycle accident leaves cyclist injured
Posted on 7/29/2010
Virginia Beach police officer, civilian taken to hospital after crash
Posted on 7/27/2010
Virginia Beach car wreck kills one and injures three others
Posted on 7/27/2010
Tidewater motorists, get ready for a new seat belt law
Posted on 6/30/2010
Windsor woman dies in tragic car wreck on Rt. 258
Posted on 6/29/2010
Pickup truck wreck injures three in Suffolk
Posted on 6/29/2010
Homeless man killed by dump truck accident at Virginia Beach
Posted on 6/29/2010
Fatal Car Crash in Norfolk on I-64 Blamed on Speed & Weather
Posted on 5/31/2010
Firm Library
Personal Injury and Automobile Accidents
- Virginia Car Wreck Victims & Broken Bones / Fractures
- Chesapeake Residents: Are You Ready for Red Light Cameras?
- Virginia Crash Victims: What You Need to Know About Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
- What three mistakes could WRECK your Virginia auto accident claim?
- Virginia motorists: What does the MOVE OVER law mean for you?
What the Injured Worker Gets
We in Virginia have a workers Compensation Law. It provides for the payment of medical expenses to the injured worker, plus it pays the injured worker 2/3rds of his/her salary during the time the worker is unable to work due to the injury. It also provides for the payment on a set formula for a permanent loss. such as the loss of a hand, finger, etc. Nothing is paid for pain, suffering, etc.These benefits are far from generous. I think that the payments are close to the lowest in th country. The system is supposedly set up to get payments out without the intervention of a lawyer. So it an accident occurs, and there is an injury, and it appears that the injury is "compensable" (more on what that means later), payment must be by the workers compensation carrier of the employer. For the last 10 years insurance carriers have made it a policy to just do nothing. This puts the onus on the employee to make a claim with the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission (VWCC). In order to do that the employee must file a claim form with medical records which justify the disability. Although the policy of the law is otherwise, this brings these cases into a legal systen.
We lawyers for inured workers find that VWCC claims involve the same amount of legal attention as auto accident law suits. Again, this is contrary to the aim of the law. Lawyers tend to avoid getting involved unless there has been a horrific injury. In many, many cases, the injured employee is on his/her own. Usually, the opponent is an experienced workers' compensation lawyer. It's like shooting fish in a barrell.
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