Atlanta, Georgia: Workers Comp Lawyers For Catastrophic Injuries & Workplace Death Claims
Unfortunately, some injuries that occur in the workplace can be so severe that they result in the prevention of returning to work or even death. The removal of employees from the workplace due to debilitating injuries is a field in which our Atlanta workers’ comp attorneys are well-versed. Representing widowed spouses and dependent children of those who have experienced fatal injuries in the workplace is a sensitive manner and our workers’ comp lawyers in Atlanta are ready and prepared to help you through this difficult time. Working with experienced workers’ comp attorneys will help facilitate you and your family in receiving the benefits you both need and deserve.
Catastrophic Injuries
An injured worker that has sustained a work-related injury that can be classified as catastrophic may be eligible for lifetime income benefits. Consulting with the Atlanta workers’ comp lawyers of Cummings & Middlebrooks, LLP will help aid you in receiving benefits that are lawfully yours. Injuries of catastrophic proportion include:
- Amputations of arms, hands, legs, feet
- Paralysis or severe spinal cord injury
- Severe brain or head injury
- Blindness
- Second-degree or third-degree burns
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Other severe injuries that prevent you from being able to perform your prior work or another job for any employer
Workplace Deaths
Georgia is, fortunately, home to very few fatalities in the workplace. Nevertheless, when one of these life-changing incidents does happen, it is an incredibly difficult and complicated time, both mentally and emotionally, for the surviving spouse and children. However, compensation in the case of death may be available to the survivors of the deceased through the workers’ compensation insurance company used by the employer.
How Our Atlanta Workers Comp Attorneys Help Victims of Catastrophic Injuries, Spouses & Dependent Children of Deceased Workers
Income benefits offered for workers’ compensation often expire after 350 or 400 weeks following the date of the accident, depending on the severity of the injury. If you’ve sustained injuries that are so severe they result in the removal from the workplace, our Atlanta worker’s comp lawyers can aid you in the process. By pursuing catastrophic designation for your injury, our attorneys can potentially extend your weekly income benefits past the statutory cap, perhaps even for the rest of your life. Though, in the saddening event of a death in the workplace, our attorneys can still help the surviving spouse or dependent child of the injured in receiving the death benefits to which you may be entitled.