Compensation For Injured Workers

Serving Dallas and North Texas

Tens of thousands of Texans are hurt on the job every year. Hundreds of Texas workers die on the job. Unfortunately, work place injuries can happen in any industry. Some of the most common types of injuries are:

Back and neck injuries at work
Slip and fall injuries at work
Burn injuries at work
Automobile accidents while on the job
Construction accidents
Electrocution injury
Assaults at work

Under Texas law, employers who obtain worker's compensation insurance for their employees can usually not be sued for on the job employee injuries. All that the employee can recover is the worker's compensation insurance benefits, which are very limited. However, in some instances, particularly where the employer's negligence results in an employee's wrongful death at work, employers can be sued even if there is worker's compensation insurance.

In addition, many employers in Texas have decided not to provide worker's compensation insurance for their employees. They will have either a "health plan" or no plan at all to help employees who are injured on the job. These employers, called "nonsubscribers" can be sued whenever their negligence causes injury to an employee at work.

Nor are employers the only people responsible for work related injuries in Texas. Many workers are seriously hurt or killed on the job because of the negligence of someone besides their employer. This is common, for example, where a construction worker is killed because another company failed to take routine safety precautions, or where a worker is killed performing maintenance at another company's site, or by another driver when the worker is making a delivery.

In many cases it is difficult to determine who is responsible for a worker's injury on the job, and what compensation a worker and his family can recover.

At Polewski & Associates, we have decades of experience dealing with work place injuries, Texas worker's compensation law, and the often complex issues involved in getting injured workers and their families full and fair recovery for their injuries. If you and your family are struggling because of a work place injury, contact us today.

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The workers compensation attorneys of Polewski & Associates help accident victims get the compensation they deserve. If you were seriously injured in an accident on the job, please call us today.