Workers Compensation
If you are injured on the job, you are entitled to workers compensation benefits under Colorado law. Your employer’s workers compensation insurance usually covers
- all reasonable medical care and prescription expenses
- lost wage benefits paid at two-thirds of your average weekly wage, if your doctor restricts you from working at least 3 days
- reimbursement for travel to and from medical appointments
- additional benefits for partial or total permanent disability and disfigurement
Here’s what you need to do to protect your rights:
- notify your employer in writing of the facts of your injury within 4 days of the injury and obtain the name of a doctor from your employer
- ask your employer to file a claim with their insurance company
- if your employer does not file a claim, contact Sears & Swanson, P.C.
- your employer has the right to tell you which doctor to go to and, after that, his insurance company will direct your medical care. You need to attend each and every medical appointment in order to preserve your workers compensation rights.
You need legal help if your employer does not give you your rights and benefits under workers compensation. You need legal help if the workers compensation insurance company denies it covers your employer, or the injury you had. You need legal help if the insurance company is not giving you appropriate medical treatment, or is not paying your lost wage benefits properly.
Our Colorado Springs attorneys work to get you the benefits you are entitled to under workers compensation. Our attorneys will help you during your workers compensation claim to coordinate your proper medical care and document your injuries. If needed, our injury lawyers attend hearings on your behalf and work to obtain a fair settlement for your partial or total
If you are injured on the job, and denied workers compensation benefits, please contact Sears & Swanson, P.C. Our firm will work to get the compensation necessary to protect long-term interests and we will also protect your privacy. Our attorneys will work to protect your rights.