Workers' Compensation:

    Being injured at work brings with it having to deal with the legal ramifications of ensuring your rights are protected and you obtain all the benefits to which you are legally entitled. An employer is required by law to have workers compensation coverage on its employees. However, undertaking the steps to fully claim the benefits and preserve rights is on the employee.

    For example, in an accidental injury case, an employee needs to file an Employee Claim Form his or her self with the Maryland Workers Compensation Commission (the Court for workers compensation, not to be confused with the insurance company) within two years of the accidental injury, or the claim may be time barred. This Employee Claim Form needs to be filed even if the insurance company has paid some benefits voluntarily, or the right to further or future benefits will be in jeopardy. In an occupational disease case, other time limits may apply as well, which affect the deadline for the filing of an Employee Claim Form. Legal concepts and terms you would likely need to know include accidental injury, occupational disease, arising out of and in the course of employment, medical causation, medical benefits payment, temporary total disability benefits, vocational rehabilitation benefits, permanency benefits, apportionment, claims procedures, and others. How these legal concepts interrelate to each other is also important.

    To learn what steps are required in your particular case contact our office for your free initial consultation. For more information or an appointment call 410-474-7642, 800-316-1213, or 301-645-4428.









Mr. Carroll prefers initial potential client contact to be by telephone or appointment in person, with use of e-mail to be reserved for existing clients after an appropriate attorney-client relationship has been formally established.





Created by Dale Arnold
dale at bsfs dot org
Version- 7/7/2008