Workers’ compensation laws are designed to protect you and your family in the event that you are injured and unable to work. These laws provide benefits designed to compensate in part for lost income while you recover. At the St. Louis offices of Fox, Goldblatt & Singer, P.C., our workers’ compensation lawyers work to make sure that Missouri and Illinois residents receive the maximum benefits to which they are entitled under the state’s workers’ compensation laws.

If you have been injured on-the-job in and around St. Louis County and St. Charles County in Missouri, as well as Madison County and St. Clair County in Illinois, you can count on the area’s most reliable workers’ compensation lawyers. Call our law firm today at (877) 858-4699 or contact us online.

• Workers’ Compensation Insurance
• Benefits from Workers' Compensation

 

Workers’ Compensation Insurance

Employers maintain workers’ compensation insurance to cover employees who have been injured on the job. Workers’ compensation insurance pays benefits to employees who are unable to work because of their injuries, and can help cover bills and other expenses until you recover as fully as possible.

Negotiating the workers’ compensation bureaucracy can be confusing, frustrating, and time-consuming without the aid of an expert. Injured St. Louis area workers can benefit from our workers’ compensation lawyers’ intimate familiarity with Missouri and Illinois workers’ compensation law. We can help you file the appropriate paperwork quickly and efficiently so that you receive the full benefits to which you are entitled under the law.

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Benefits from Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ compensation laws in Missouri entitle injured workers to receive three kinds of benefits.

• First, employees are entitled to all appropriate medical treatment for any work-related injury at the expense of either the employer or the insurer.
• Second, workers are entitled to tax-free “temporary total disability” compensation amounting to two-thirds of their average weekly wage during the time they are judged by a doctor to be unable to work.
• Third, employees are entitled to permanent disability compensation if they still suffer effects from the injury, after recovering as fully as possible, that leave them either partially or totally disabled.

 

It is important to remember that you have limited time to file for benefits – usually you must file within 30 days of your injury in order to be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. In some cases, your employer or the insurance company may encourage you to agree to a settlement. You should always consult our workers’ compensation lawyers before agreeing to any settlement.  Our records show that you are likely to get better benefits if you do.

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Contact Our Workers’ Compensation Lawyers

Our work injury attorneys consistently demonstrate our dedication to helping clients obtain appropriate compensation for their injuries.  As a client, you can be confident that our attorneys are working for you.

With experience, ingenuity and expertise, Fox, Goldblatt & Singer, P.C.’s St. Louis, Missouri-based workers' compensation attorneys have everything needed to represent you. Among the communities we serve are St. Louis, Florissant, Chesterfield, University City, Clayton, O'Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, St. Louis County and St. Charles County, MO, and throughout Alton, Belleville, Madison County and St. Clair County, IL.  Call our law firm today at (877) 858-4699 or contact us online to discuss your case with experts.

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