Edelstein Payne North Carolina Workers Compensation Injured Worker Tips

www.raleighworkerscompensation.com Is it just me, or does the NC Workers Compensation System cause injured employees frustration?  It is not just you, the NC workers Compensation System does cause many injured employees frustration. If you were injured on the job, and particularly if your injury is accepted as compensable, and you've been out of work for an extended time, more likely than not you have experienced lots of frustration with the workers' compensation system .  That unfortunately, is the way the system is administrated, administered, and the medical care and the benefits workers are entitled to are not always provided in a speedy fashion. We, myself and my associates in the law firm represent injured workers all over the state of North Carolina.  We understand the ins and outs of the workers comp system, and the annoyance and frustration it causes for injured workers.  If you've have an injury on the job, and are experiencing the type of frustra...

https://raleighworkerscompensation.com/ DO NOT SPEAK WITH COMPANY INSURANCE REP PRIOR TO A COMP LAWYER: Here's a real world tip for injured workers.  The truth is stranger than fiction. To illustrate the requirement for an injury by accident , I want to use an actual situation.  I was contacted by a firefighter.  At the end of his shift, he realized he had left some gear on the top of the rear of the fire truck. He went up the ladder at the rear of the truck.  Came down the ladder which ends about 30 inches off the ground.  He jumps down, and immediately feels pain in his left knee.  He files the accident report.  About a day later, he gets interviewed by the claims adjuster.  She asks him, "How many times have you gone up and down that ladder?" (Probably thousands of times).  "What kind of surface was it that you landed on?" (Smooth concrete it was in the engine bay.)  "Were there any rocks or sand or sticks there?" (No)  "D...