FATAL WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS / WORKERS COMP
Winning Compensation for Fatal Workplace Accidents on Behalf of Surviving Family Members
Have you lost a loved one in a job-related accident? No one can fill that hole in your or your family’s life. But, likely, it wasn’t “just an accident” in a “things happen all the time” world. You can seek justice against the negligent parties who caused this fatality through the state’s workers’ compensation program and possibly through the civil courts against the employer. It is also possible that an additional wrongful death lawsuit can be brought against any liable third party who contributed to the death of your beloved family member. This type of loss places severe strains on any family, emotionally and financially, often approaching what seems to be a breaking point because of the sudden financial expense, amplified by the absence of emotional support from that lost loved one. You, the victim’s surviving family members, deserve financial relief and peaceful closure from this loss. The fatal work accident attorneys at our Law Office can help you understand your options and help you build and execute a plan that will result in financial and emotional relief.
Lean on us during your family’s time of healing. Fatal workplace accident insurance claims and lawsuits can be very complex and emotionally charged. We help defend your legal rights and build wrongful solid death legal claims against all defendants.
The first step, typified by this Web page, is explaining your options and helping you understand the difficult days ahead and the ultimate peace that your quest for compensation will bring. How to handle your claim or civil injury case after a fatal workplace accident depends upon the precise details of the case and the events that led up to your loved one’s death. You must know whether or not your loved one’s employer had workers’ compensation insurance. Workers’ comp provides a certain amount of reimbursement for medical expenses, lost wages, and a modest death benefit. You also must know what form of negligence, if any, was displayed by your loved one’s employer during the time leading up to the accident. You must also know what to do if any contractors, subcontractors, or authorized visitors to your loved one’s place of employment might also be liable for the accident. You need to know whether your loved one was an employee or merely a contractor in the eyes of the law. Winning civil compensation depends on the answer to each one of these questions that an investigation by your fatal workplace accident lawyer will reveal. Resolving worker injury cases is frequently very complex due to the factors mentioned above and others that may influence any fatal workplace injury case. That’s not all. The occasional ambiguities of some of Texas’ workplace laws come with loopholes that employers and their insurance companies can leverage in their attempts to justify their unfair refusal of the rightful claims of thousands of injured workers every year. This is why it’s virtually certain that inexperienced lawyers unaware of those technicalities fail to win a fair and appropriate settlement in fatal workplace accident cases. Inevitably, those with no legal experience representing themselves in such cases are doomed to fail.
