West Virginia Workplace Accident and Job Injury Claims
Many workers are injured every day in the mines, factories, and construction sites of West Virginia. If you or someone in your family has been injured in the workplace, contact an experienced job injury claims attorney at the Warner Law Offices in Charleston. We offer free consultations and dependable advice about your legal alternatives.
Injured employees often assume that their rights to financial recovery in a workplace accident are limited to the benefits payable in a workers' compensation claim. While it is true that in most cases an employee cannot sue an employer for personal injury damages, it is also true that an injured employee can often collect both workers' comp benefits and personal injury damages for injuries suffered in the same job-related accident. Examples of these situations are as follows:
- Construction worker injured by the negligence of a different subcontractor's employee
- Factory worker hurt by defective machinery or safety equipment
- Commercial driver injured in an accident caused by another motorist
- Home repair or utility employee injured by dangerous property conditions while working onsite
- Workplace accident claims relating to an employer's deliberate intent, or gross disregard for the employee's safety
At the Warner Law Offices, we can advise you whether the facts of your accident will allow you to file a personal injury lawsuit against your employer or another defendant even while your workers' compensation application is being processed. Because of the limited benefits payable under a workers' comp claim, it is in your interest to see whether the more complete range of money damages allowed in a personal injury lawsuit might be available in your case.
We represent workers in all West Virginia industries from mining and logging to commercial construction or freight hauling. We also represent employees in workplace rights cases when the employer terminates or disciplines an employee for filing a workers' comp claim. To learn more about your rights in a workplace accident claim, contact a personal injury lawyer at the Warner Law Offices in Charleston.
