Sandoval Law Firm focuses on defending the rights of employees who are injured while working for employers who are not subscribers to the Texas Workers' Compensation Act For the last 5 years, Mr. Sandoval has represented injured workers in Non-Subscriber claims in Houston, Dallas, Austin, Corpus Christi, San Antonio and The Rio Grande Valley. Because Texas Non-Subscribers know that they can be sued or taken to arbitration for their negligent actions, the immediate goals of the company following an injury-producing work incident are to minimize the exposure to litigation. For this reason, ... Continue Reading
Texas Work Injury – Texas Non-Subscriber
Houston Texas Blog About Work-Related Injuries, including Texas Non-Subscriber Cases
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Don’t Let a Lawyer Choose You, You Choose Your Lawyer!
Soliciting Clients after an Accident is Illegal. When you or a loved one has suffered a personal injury or death, it is illegal for a lawyer or a representative to contact you directly requesting to represent you. Although it is illegal, “ambulance chasing” happens very frequently and almost everyone knows someone that has suffered a car accident or work accident has experienced illegal solicitation by a lawyer at one time or another. Don’t let a lawyer or a representative choose you, you have a right to choose the lawyer that will represent you in your personal injury case! . On This ... Continue Reading
Reporting Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage to Employees
Employers must tell their employees that they carry workers’ compensation insurance Employers must do so by providing a written notice of coverage to new employees upon hire. The written notice must inform employees of their right to reject workers’ compensation coverage and retain their common law right of action. Read also: Information for Employers from the Division of Workers’ Compensation Employers must also post a written notice at their place of business telling their employees that they carry workers’ compensation insurance. This notice must be in the wording and format ... Continue Reading
Should I Sign Any Documents From my Employer after I’ve Suffered a Work Injury?
Do not Sign Anything that You Have Not Written or that You Do Not Understand Following a work injury, an employer will conduct a very brief investigation and may ask you to complete an injury report or statement? If you write the statement and it’s all in your handwriting, there’s no real reason to refuse to comply with your employer’s request to sign documents. On the other hand, if part of the report is not in your writing or, you do not understand what you are signing, YOU SHOULD NOT SIGN IT! By signing a document that is not your handwriting, your employer could later argue that your ... Continue Reading
Should I Apply for Short-Term or Long-Term Disability In My Texas Non-Subscriber Case?
Those benefits are there for you and you must determine if you need them. Currently, Texas is a place where a substantial amount of pressure is being placed on injured workers to continue to work in order to make ends meet. Sometimes though, you simply cannot physically handle working while you are dealing with a work injury. We understand that and, we would never recommend against taking advantage of any benefits that you may be entitled to under the benefits you have with your employer but, how does it affect your work injury case? Right of Subrogation (They Will Want to Get Paid ... Continue Reading
Should I Go On FMLA In My Workers’ Compensation or Non-Subscriber Case?
The Answer really Depends on Whether You have exhausted your work Injury benefits under your Employer’s Work Injury Insurance and how serious your work injury is. If you been injured on the job and you have an open workers’ compensation case where you are receiving, or could be entitled to receive, work injury benefits including medical and wage benefits, why would you go on leave and abandon any right to continue to get paid by your employer? In a work injury case, when an injured employee elects to go on leave under FMLA, it really only saves the employer and their work injury ... Continue Reading
In My Work Injury Compensation Case, Am I Really “Required” to See the Company Doctors?
The Answer is No! You can always get medical attention on your own! You are not breaking any laws by going on your own to get a serious medical opinion about the true nature of your work injuries. Remember that the claim for medical and wage benefits under your employer’s work injury insurance plan is separate from your right to file a lawsuit for employer negligence. Because the main goal of these insurance plans is to manage work injury claims, like yours, so that they limit exposure to lawsuits and limit expense to the employer. Your adjuster will tell you that you are “required to ... Continue Reading
What If My Worker’s Compensation Claim Is Denied, Can I Still Sue My Texas Employer For Negligence?
The Answer is Yes! A Denial of Medical and Wage Benefits for Your Work Injury Does Not Mean That You Do Not Have A Case or a Right to Sue Your Texas Employer! The claim for medical and wage benefits is separate from your right to file a lawsuit for employer negligence. Remember that Texas law does not require employers to carry traditional workers’ compensation coverage. Several large companies are Texas Non-subscribers to the Workers’ Compensation insurance program, which means that they could have an insurance plan (ERISA) that covers injuries to employees. The main goal of these ... Continue Reading
Not Your Typical Texas Workers’ Compensation Case
Texas Non-Subscribers Do Not Have Workers’ Compensation Coverage! Over the years, our firm has handled work injury cases for injured Texans employed by Texas Non-Subscribers. Our clients were injured employees who were being denied, what they thought, were workers’ compensation benefits. We found out that these were not workers’ compensation cases. But, if it these claims were not traditional Texas Workers’ Compensation claims, what are they? These are Texas non-subscriber claims. If you work for any of the following companies and you get injured on the job, your claim is not a workers’ ... Continue Reading
Should You Handle Your Own Personal Injury Case?
I strongly advise against attempting to handle your personal injury case on your own. First of all, the insurance companies are represented by adjusters that are trained to pay as little as possible on every claim. This means that, even you are seasoned negotiator, they will not budge when they know you cannot file a lawsuit on your own. Second, despite you knowing the facts of your case, you will not have the legal knowledge to know how to defend claims made by the insurance company (Read Most Common Car Insurance Topics). A lawyer’s knowledge of the case law applicable to your case is ... Continue Reading
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