FAQ Archive: Workers' Compensation

Getting seriously hurt or sick on the job can be immensely disruptive to your personal finances and your professional career. Fortunately, virtually everyone classified as an employee in the state of Nevada should have access to workers’ compensation benefits through their employer. This should reimburse them for all medical expenses needed to help them get …

Broadly speaking, workers’ compensation insurance coverage provides benefits to everyone classified as an employee of the policyholder who gets hurt or sick while performing job-related duties. Importantly, this means that it is sometimes possible to claim workers’ comp benefits for accidents that occur while a covered worker is on shift at work but away from …

Reaching out for legal help with your Workers’ Compensation claim is an important first step. Navigating the program requirements and accessing all the benefits you have earned is much easier with the guidance of a skilled workers’ compensation attorney. At Shook & Stone, we respect your time and the effort it takes to deal with …

It is never a good idea to handle a workers’ compensation claim on your own. One mistake could upend the process and leave you to pay for your medical expenses on your own. Thankfully, our attorneys at Shook & Stone provide free initial consultations to answer your questions and determine if you have a claim …

If you have recently been hurt or gotten seriously ill on the job, you may already be thinking about—or even started the process of—filing a workers’ compensation claim with your employer. As you may have already learned, the workers’ comp claims process can be far from straightforward, especially if you are new to this system …

In theory, filing for workers’ compensation benefits should be fairly straightforward: telling your employer you were hurt on the job and following instructions set out for you by that employer and their insurance provider. In reality, though, workers’ comp insurance providers are just like other insurance companies, in that they will fight tenaciously—and often in …

If you get hurt or sick on the job so severely that it permanently reduces your working capacity, you may be eligible to receive permanent disability benefits through workers’ compensation. However, the exact value of those benefits will depend on the disability “rating” given to you by your doctors, which can be a much more …

The primary purpose of workers’ compensation insurance is to cover medical expenses and most lost income caused by a work-related injury or illness in exchange for releasing the employer of the injured or sick worker from direct civil liability for their condition. However, one of the most common reasons workers’ comp claims are denied in …

 The process of filing a claim for workers’ compensation benefits can be intimidating, even if you have gone through it before after a previous workplace accident, and especially if you try to go through it alone. The sooner you start working with a workers’ compensation lawyer from Shook & Stone on building the strongest …

In theory, almost all workers categorized as “employees” should have access to workers’ compensation insurance coverage through their employers in the event they get hurt or sick on the job. In practice, though, the insurance companies that provide this coverage will not just sign off on giving you benefits without a thorough investigation—and more importantly, …

While workers’ compensation is not designed to completely replace the money you would have made if you were healthy enough to perform your normal job duties, it can still be a crucial source of support as you recover from a work-related injury or illness. However, the actual amount of support you get in financial terms …