Be sure to download our free consumer guide, The Truth About Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Accidents before you sign any insurance company paperwork, or meet with an attorney. If you want we can mail you your own hard copy free of charge.
In this free guide you will find the following secrets revealed (which insurance companies don’t want you to know about) that will put you ahead of other people that have been injured at work:
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When you are hurt on-the-job and unable to work, making the right decisions is critical. Making sure you protect yourself, and your rights, is essential.
If you’ve been hurt, you may be deciding whether to hire a lawyer, or to represent yourself. Here are some key considerations for this decision:
Workers’ compensation in Massachusetts is a compromise between workers and employers. This legal framework is found at M.G.L c. 152.
Workers compensation benefits in Massachusetts include:
Medical Bills - As long as the work-related medical treatment you receive is reasonable and necessary, then the workers compensation insurance company needs to pay for it.
Wages - If you are totally disabled from working, you have the right to temporary, total disability benefits.
This weekly benefit wage rate is 60% of your gross weekly wages. If are able to work light duty, then you may collect 75% of your total disability rate of pay.
Loss of Function - You may collect a one-time payment for any loss of function of a body part you sustain as a result of your work accident. This percentage is assigned by a doctor.
Scarring - If your work accident resulted in scarring to your neck, face, or hand(s) then you may collect a one-time payment for the scarring.
The amount you may collect for scarring is set by law. The maximum amount is currently $15,000.
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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Workers CompensationIf you had a work injury in Massachusetts and miss 5 days from work, your employer must complete a Form 101. This form must be filed within 7 days of your 5th missed day from work.
The form is then sent to your employer’s workers compensation insurance company. The insurance company has 14 days following its receipt of the Form 101 to start paying you, or to deny your claim.
If the insurance company agrees to start paying you, they will file a Form 103. If they deny your case, they will file a Form 104.
If the insurance company denies your case, then a claim for benefits needs to be filed. That is done with the filing of a Form 110.
Our office has experience negotiating and settling claims with nearly all workers’ compensation insurance companies including:
All Massachusetts workers compensation disputes are handled at the Department of Industrial Accidents. This court has branches in Boston, Lawrence, Fall River, Worcester, and Springfield.
The Department of Industrial Accidents is an administrative law court with administrative law judges. It handles only workers compensation disputes.
Here are the steps of the court process:
Sometimes injured workers have not only a workers compensation claim, but also a third-party liability claim for negligence as well.
For example, if you are operating a vehicle for work (whether it be your personal vehicle or a company vehicle) and someone negligently hits you, then you have a workers compensation claim since you were hurt on the job.
But you also have a third-party claim for negligence against the person who hit you.
Or, if you slip and fall at work in the parking lot due to snow and ice there is both a workers comp claim, and a third-party claim, if a third-party such as a snow removal company negligently failed to clear the snow and ice in the parking lot.
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When To Hire a Lawyer For Workers Compensation?
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