Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Law
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What work insurance plan covers you while you are out of Texas on business? As a Texas non-subscriber employee, you are not covered by workers' compensation insurance, which is a state-regulated insurance program that provides benefits to employees who are injured on the job. However, if you are injured while working out of state, you may have options for seeking compensation. If your employer ... Continue Reading
In most cases, no, it is not true that you can only see your employer's doctors for injuries sustained on the job. If you have been injured at work, you have the right to seek medical treatment from any doctor or healthcare provider of your choosing. However, in Texas and under some workers' compensation plans, your employer may have the right to choose the initial doctor who will treat you for ... Continue Reading
3 Questions You Should Ask Yourself in your Texas Non-Subscriber Work Injury case! Do My Injuries affect my physical ability to work and life my personal life comfortably? Do I expect to have long-term limitations from my injuries even after medical treatment? Are medical and wage benefits from my employer’s insurance enough to address the full extent of the effect of my ... Continue Reading
3 Steps you Should Take Immediately! (Report, Document and Reqeust) When you suffer an injury at work, there are several factors that you need to consider as you take action to protect your rights as an employee. Whether or not you believe that your injury is serious enough, you need understand the effect of the actions that you take immediately following the incident that caused your injury. It ... Continue Reading
Buying into these Myths could put your ability to work again at risk! After suffering an injury working for a Texas non-subscriber, everyone around you is going to begin to offer you “advice” whether you ask for it or not. You need to be careful who you listen to because not everyone offering you “help” or “advice” has your best interests in mind. In fact, some advice that you will hear is 100% ... Continue Reading
Answer These 3 Questions! Do I have long-term injuries? (Injuries that you’ll have to deal with the rest of your life!) Is your employer a Texas Non-subscriber? Did my Employer’s Negligence cause my injuries? Is My Employer Really a Texas Non-Subscriber? First of all, I’m sure that you are overwhelmed trying to determine what rights you may have in your injury case. There is ... Continue Reading
Non-Subscriber Injuries Occur Outside of the Retail Setting Every day Texans suffer injuries working in a retail setting for companies like Lowe's, Home Depot, HEB, Walmart, Amazon, Costco, etc. Usually, these injuries result from lifting, slipping or tripping, falling, pulling or pushing. As these companies continue to expand, we are seeing more and more injuries occurring in warehouse and ... Continue Reading
Is Staying Really an Option? Not really! You must understand the two cases that you are dealing with! In Texas Non-Subscriber cases, you are really dealing with two situations (cases): The Work Injury Claim for Benefits (Medical Treatment and Wage Payments) under the Company’s Insurance (ERISA Work Injury Benefit Plan) and, the Work Injury Negligence Case against your employer. As you will ... Continue Reading
Is My Employer a Non-Subscriber? Texas employers that have chosen to go outside of Texas Workers’ Compensation and have adopted a work injury benefit program under ERISA are commonly referred to as Texas Non-Subscribers. There are several non-subscriber employers in Texas and, therefore, if you get injured on the job, a good starting point for you is to figure out whether your claim is a ... Continue Reading
