Kansas Workers Compensation Lawyers

As an employee, you have every right to hold your employer accountable for any injuries you sustain while on the job. Your employer is responsible for providing you a safe work environment, and if injured, they are liable for your injuries. Workers compensation laws are very strict and particular, but can find your employer at fault for you injuries as well as negligent.

Injuries or illnesses that are usually covered by workers compensation are defined as those that "arise out of and in the course of employment". Examples of such type accidents include:

• Lifting heavy equipment
• Slips and falls
• Defective machinery
• Fires
• Explosions
• Falling debris
• Defective materials
• Exposure to toxic materials and substances

When accidents occur in the workplace it is usually because of someone else's negligence. If you get injured on the job, you are facing time off of work, medical bills, loss of income and many other expenses. If you don't work, your bills don't get paid. It is important that you hold your employer and any other responsible parties accountable for any injuries you incur while performing your job.

Workers' Compensation laws provide benefits to workers and their dependents when they have suffered injury or death on the job. Worker's compensation benefits may include:

• medical benefits
• weekly or biweekly income
• vocational rehabilitation
• permanent disability compensation and
• death benefits

These benefits, in cases of serious injuries, may be substantially lower than the injured worker is entitled to under tort law.

In cases where an employee has sustained an on-the-job injury caused by a third party (someone besides the employee), the injured employee may sue this third party in tort law. Third party cases may fall into categories such as traffic accidents, defective products, defective equipment or the exposure to toxic substances.

If you have suffered an injury while at work, please consult one of our experienced Kansas workers compensation lawyers at Prochaska, Giroux & Howell for your free and confidential consultation. Call today to see how we can help you.