Workers Compensation Attorneys in St. Louis

Ensuring compensation for on-the-job injuries

Workers compensation laws are a part of the much larger body of law known as personal injury law.  Workers compensation laws are specifically designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled while performing their job are provided for, as close to the injury as possible—with fixed monetary awards as compensation for their injuries.  These laws are intended to eliminate the need for litigation.  Workers compensation laws also provide benefits for the dependents of those workers who are killed due to work-related accidents, injuries, or illnesses.

Workers compensation is usually comprised of three main components—

• Medical expenses include the costs of hospitals, doctors, medicines, operations, procedures, and therapy
• Disability pay is a percentage of the worker's regular salary which is paid to the worker, either temporarily, while recovering from the injury, or permanently, if full recovery is not possible
• Vocational rehabilitation is offered only when the injury prevents the worker from returning to the pre-injury job and consists of training the worker in a different position with the current employer, or in a completely new trade or business

Workers compensation laws are also intended to protect the employers and fellow workers by limiting the amount an injured employee can recover from the employer and by eliminating the liability of the co-workers in most accidents.

There are state workers compensation laws and federal workers compensation laws.  The federal workers compensation laws are limited to federal employees or those workers employed in some significant aspect of interstate commerce.

Workers compensation insurance systems are extremely complicated and full of strict rules and deadlines.  It is imperative to get the assistance of an experienced and knowledgeable workers compensation attorney.

The St. Louis personal injury attorneys of Sauter-Sullivan LLC are experienced, successful, and compassionate professionals with the best interests of our clients as our top priority.  We have extensive legal knowledge and experience with workers compensation claims.  We guide you at every step of the process and represent you with integrity, experience, knowledge, and professionalism.

If you already filed your workers compensation claim without an attorney and it was denied, you have the right to a hearing before a workers compensation judge and the right to appeal the denial.  This is definitely the time to seek the advice and guidance of an experienced St. Louis workers comp attorney and call Sauter Sullivan, LLC.

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For a free consultation regarding your workers compensation case with an experienced injury law firm in St. Louis, call Sauter Sullivan LLC at 314-732-0739 or contact us online.