Workers Compensation Attorney in Houston, Texas
How does workers’ compensation law factor in when there is a work injury?
How does workers’ compensation law factor in when there is a work injury?
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well in texas
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we have workers compensation
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insurance and employers basically have
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three choices they can have
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a workers comp policy that covers their
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employees for on-the-job injuries
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or they can choose not to and those are
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called non-subscriber
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employers and there’s a third category
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of employers that have some other
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insurance that kind of looks like
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workers comp
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but really isn’t now in texas if your
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employer does have workers compensation
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if you’re hurt on the job
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they will pay your medical expenses and
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they will pay you time off
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while you can’t work but you cannot hold
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your
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employer liable for your pain and
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suffering and a lot of your other
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damages
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in a non-subscriber situation where your
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employer doesn’t have
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that coverage an employee is hurt
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as long as there is some fault
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on the employer they’re responsible for
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a hundred percent of the damages and
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really have no defenses
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so in our practice we focus exclusively
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on non-subscriber cases
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and help employees who’ve been hurt on
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the job
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where their employers don’t have workers
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comp and help
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them a get the medical treatment that
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they need
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but then b hold their employers
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responsible for
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the costs of the injury to them
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and their family
Houston, TX personal injury lawyer Shane Kadlec explains how workers’ compensation law factors in when there is a work injury.
