Workers Compensation

Workers Compensation Claims are not Personal Injury Claims

Published in Workers Compensation on September 29, 2016

When the various states passed workers compensation statutes, the legislatures intended to simplify the process by which employees are compensated for workplace injuries. In the typical personal injury case, a plaintiff must prove that the defendant acted negligently (or did something wrong) and caused the plaintiff damages. Workers compensation statutes generally remove the requirement that an employee prove that the… READ MORE