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Northwestern Alabama Workers Compensation Lawyers

The Alabama Workers Compensation Law requires a company with more than four employees to provide its employees with workers compensation insurance coverage.

Alabama law requires medical coverage on the job

Work-related injuries are common, and you could suffer financially if you had to cover your own medical expenses. Most Alabama employers are required to provide insurance to cover your medical bills for any work-related injuries:

  • Crush injuries in machinery
  • Falls from elevated work areas
  • Burns from toxic chemicals
  • Repetitive motion strains

If your employer denies that your injury was work-related, the Law Offices of H. Thomas Heflin, Jr. help prove your claim.

Attorneys who understand the insurance companies

Alabama employers are allowed to send you to the physician of their choice. After you have received a medical examination, the workers compensation insurance carrier may look for reasons to deny your claim:

  • Medical procedures not pre-approved
  • Disputed medical diagnosis
  • Statute of limitations date in question
  • Claim of pre-existing condition

Our lawyers are familiar with insurance company denial tactics. If we cannot resolve a workers compensation insurance dispute through negotiation, we file a lawsuit on your behalf.

We meet the legal challenge of exclusive remedy

Alabama employers are protected from lawsuits by an exclusive remedy clause. This means that your employer is responsible only for your medical bills. There is no legal provision for lost wages, pain and suffering, or punitive damages. Whenever possible, our attorneys file a claim against other parties whose negligence may have caused your injuries:

  • Independent contractors
  • Plant construction company
  • Equipment manufacturer
  • Transport company

The Law Offices of H. Thomas Heflin, Jr. seek the maximum recovery available to you under Alabama law.

Our lawyers pursue equal protection for all workers

Several classes of workers do not have the protection of the Alabama Workers Compensation Law:

  • Domestic employees
  • Farm laborers
  • Casual workers
  • Municipal employees
    (if fewer than 2000 residents)

Your work may fall under one of these groups, or you may work for a company with fewer than five employees. If you are hurt while working at a job which does not have statutory insurance coverage, our firm seeks an alternative legal remedy to get you compensated for your injuries.

Protect your future with an attorney that knows workers compensation

To schedule a free consultation in Tuscumbia about your workers compensation case, please contact the Law Offices of H. Thomas Heflin, Jr.

 

120 S Main St, Tuscumbia, AL 35674
Phone: (866) 442-2371

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