Compassionate Attorneys at Bramnick, Rodriguez, Grabas, Arnold & Mangan, LLC Protect the Rights of Clients Who Have Suffered Work Injuries in Middlesex County, NJ
Suffering an injury at work can have a devastating impact on your life. You may find yourself needing weeks or months of medical treatment and rehabilitation to heal your injuries. And during your recovery, you may be unable to work and provide for yourself and your family. However, under New Jersey’s workers’ compensation system, benefits are available to employees who suffer a work injury to help cover medical and living expenses. Even though workers’ comp is often considered an automatic benefit for an employee following a work injury, many people who suffer a work injury often have difficulty getting the benefits they deserve from their employers and their employers’ workers’ comp insurers. When you are focused on your recovery from your work injury and on getting back to work, let the Middlesex County work injury lawyers of Bramnick, Rodriguez, Grabas, Arnold & Mangan, LLC handle the difficulties of dealing with the insurance companies.
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Our firm will work tirelessly to ensure you receive the full scope of benefits you deserve from workers’ compensation. With over 35 years of experience helping people recover from a work injury, you can trust that our attorneys have the knowledge to help you secure maximum financial recovery, including when your work injury is caused by a third party’s negligent actions or other legal fault.
Contact us for a free case review to learn more about how our firm helps injured workers like you obtain the recovery you deserve.
Do You Work in One of These Professions? We Can Help with Your Work Injury Case
At Bramnick, Rodriguez, Grabas, Arnold & Mangan, our Middlesex County work injury lawyers have extensive experience successfully helping injured workers in jobs and industries such as:
Landscapers
Construction laborers
Plasters & stucco masons
Tile workers
Roofers
Machine operators
Auto mechanics
Truck drivers
Warehouse/factory workers
Agricultural laborers
Restaurant employees
Grocery store workers
Home health care workers
Home health aides
Workplace altercations
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Seeking Compensation for Your Middlesex County Work Injury
An employee who is injured on the job in Middlesex County, NJ, is usually entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits from their employer (or through their employer’s workers’ compensation insurer. Workers’ compensation is typically an injured worker’s sole avenue for receiving compensation from their employer; you typically cannot sue your employer for personal injury arising from a workplace accident.
Benefits available under workers’ compensation in New Jersey include:
Medical benefits: Workers’ comp entitles you to reimbursement of all reasonable and necessary medical treatment for your work injury. In New Jersey, your employer has the right to designate the treating provider for your work injury or require you to select a provider from a list approved by your employer or its insurer. Reimbursement of medical benefits continues until your work injury reaches maximum recovery, when no further treatment will improve the injury, although you may be entitled to reimbursement of continued pain management.
Temporary disability payments: When you cannot work due to your work injury, or if your injury places you on part-time or light-duty work that reduces your earnings, you may be entitled to partial replacement of the wages you missed out on, equal to 70 percent of your average weekly wage (calculated from the 26 weeks prior to your injury) if you are out of work, or 70 percent of the difference between pre- and post-injury income.
Permanent disability benefits: Once you’ve attained maximum medical improvement and are still suffering from a disability, you may be entitled to continued wage replacement if you cannot work, or an award of benefits you are only partially disabled and still able to work. Permanent partial disability benefits are based on a schedule of awards published by the state, with the award amount based on the body part or parts affected and the level of permanent impairment you’ve suffered.
When your work injury is caused by a third party not related to your job or your employer, you may also be entitled to pursue a third-party injury claim against that party, in addition to your workers’ compensation claim. For example, if you are hit by a negligent third-party driver while on the job, you may pursue a motor vehicle accident claim against that negligent motorist. Third-party injury claims can provide compensation for losses, including those not covered by workers’ comp, such as:
Costs of medical treatment and rehab
Lost wages from missed work and loss of earning capacity or potential
Physical pain and emotional anguish caused by your injury
Loss of enjoyment or quality of life due to disfigurement or disability
Your spouse’s or family’s loss of your companionship
Ensuring that you get the full amount of financial recovery you deserve can be an incredibly complex process. Let our experienced attorneys put in the hard work necessary to secure the compensation you need to recover following your work injury.
How Our Middlesex County Work Injury Lawyers Can Help You Pursue Recovery after a Work Accident
When you are having trouble getting workers’ comp benefits from your employer, or if you may have a third-party injury claim following your work injury, our skilled Middlesex County work injury lawyers can help you obtain the financial resources you need in your recovery by taking the time to go over all your rights and options in the workers’ compensation system, investigating your work injury to determine whether you may be entitled to hold third parties liable, and aggressively pursuing maximum workers’ comp benefits and recovery of personal injury damages.
Contact Us for a Free Initial Consultation to Discuss Your Case
Call or contact Bramnick, Rodriguez, Grabas, Arnold & Mangan today for a free, no-obligation case evaluation to speak to a Middlesex County work injury attorney about your claim and to learn more about your rights and options for pursuing benefits and financial compensation to help you recover from your workplace injury.
About Middlesex County, NJ
Middlesex County is located in central New Jersey, the state’s second-most populated county. Established in 1683 as part of the colonial province of East Jersey, today Middlesex County is home to significant higher education, healthcare, and biotechnology industries, including hosting the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson University, and pharmaceutical companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novo Nordisk, and Johnson & Johnson.
Frequently Asked Questions about Work Injuries in Middlesex County
FAQ: Who is eligible to file for workers’ compensation benefits?
In New Jersey, any person who works for pay is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for a work-related injury. This includes part-time or seasonal workers, workers in a probationary period, teen employees, and undocumented workers. You are eligible for workers’ compensation even if you are injured on your first day of employment.
FAQ: Can I file a personal injury lawsuit against my employer for a work injury?
The workers’ compensation system is intended to guarantee certain defined benefits for an injured worker, paid out by the worker’s employer, regardless of who may have been at fault for the work injury. In exchange for this guaranteed compensation, a worker is typically barred from pursuing a personal injury claim against their employer for a work injury. An employer’s immunity from personal injury suit may be eliminated if the employer intentionally or recklessly causes the worker’s injury.
