FINDING THE REASONS BEFORE DETERMINING NEXT STEPS WHY DID MY EMPLOYER DENY MY WORKERS’ COMP CLAIM?
Not Receiving Medical Treatment
Under ideal circumstances, you would never have to get an attorney involved in order to get compensation from your employer for a workplace injury. Unfortunately, this ideal is not always the case, as employers can deny a workers’ comp claim for several different reasons. However, if you want to lessen the likelihood of your employer denying your claim, it helps to understand some of the most common reasons for those denials. Not Reporting the Injury in Time In most states, you have a certain window of time after receiving a workplace injury in which to report it. In Georgia, you have 30 days following the day of the accident to report any injuries to your employer. After that window, they may dispute your claim. Not Filing the Claim on Time Additionally, there is also a statute of limitations on filing a workers’ compensation claim in our state. In Georgia, you have one year to file your claim with your employer. There are some exceptions to this rule per the Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act, but you should still file your claim within that window if at all possible.
If you’re injured at work, see a medical professional as soon as possible so there is a record of your injuries. Otherwise, insurance companies can dispute your claim, saying you faked your injuries. Not Having Enough Evidence If there were no witnesses to your accident, or your work facility’s cameras didn’t pick it up, you might have a hard time proving your accident actually happened at the workplace during work hours. Make sure to gather any sort of witness testimony or footage of your accident you can before filing a claim. Your employer might dispute your claim for other reasons, but the good news is that even if your claim is denied, you can still appeal it with the help of an experienced attorney. For more on the appeal process, check out the next edition of the Obiorah Fields newsletter!
At Obiorah Fields, LLC, we’re not your standard, run-of-the-mill law office. We don’t just do what’s required of us — we go the extra mile to make sure justice is served in every case we take on. If you’ve worked with us before and know somebody who could benefit from taking us on as their legal team, please don’t hesitate to give them this newsletter and show them who we are! We want to help as many people as we can. We’re just one phone call away from new potential clients. If they contact us through our website and give us their name, contact info, and a brief description of their situation, we will give them a free case evaluation and report. Don’t hesitate to refer us! DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS OUR HELP? GIVE THEM THIS NEWSLETTER!
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