Representing Workplace Injury & Abuse Victims– Protecting Employees from Injury and Abuse Since 1972
Dedicated hard working employees often find their ability to work derailed by serious injury caused by a severe workplace accident or stress created by verbal, physical or sexual abuse. Employees have the right to be free of hazardous conditions or harassment that violates federal and state law and regulations. Because of the unbalanced relationship in the employment relationship, employees sometimes believe that they must endure unsafe working conditions or unlawful harassment or abuse by their supervisor. If you suffer a physical injury in the workplace or stress-related injuries resulting from abuse by your employer, you may a have a right to financial compensation.
Many times employees labor for months or even years subject to workplace hazards that violate OSHA regulations or other occupational safety regulations imposed by federal or state agencies. Employees sometimes also suffer seriously debilitating stress and anxiety related injuries and illnesses because of a fear of reprisal by one’s employer if unsafe conditions or mistreatment and abuse are reported. However, a myriad of laws provide employees with protection from such reprisal by employers. Remaining silent can result in tragic consequences because the unreported workplace hazard or stressful abuse may eventually results in an accident that causes severe injuries or severe adverse health effects like high blood pressure, heart attack stroke or severe psychological conditions.
Advice from Our Workplace Injury & Abuse Lawyers – The Road to Recovery
At Jacoby and Meyers, our workplace injury and abuse lawyers know the enormous emotional toll associated with laboring under unsafe and stressful work conditions. We have been helping those who suffer workplace injuries or unfair treatment by one’s employer including:
- Industrial or construction accidents
- Stress related injuries from harassment or abuse
- Denial of legitimate claims for workers compensation or other lawful claims causing anxiety disorders
- Injuries caused by repetitive motion
If you suffer any of these types of injuries because of a sudden accident, long-term exposure to toxic substances or ongoing abuse and mistreatment, you may have a right to pursue a workers compensation claim. If you are the victim of harassment, abuse or denial of a legitimate statutory right, such as asserting a workers compensation claim, you may have a right to compensation for the abuse and mistreatment.
The workers compensation system does not require you to establish negligence by your employer to seek remedies for your injury or illness. Our workplace injury and abuse lawyers can assist you in filing a workers compensation claim seeking the medical costs of diagnosis and treatment. We may also be able to help you seek compensation for any long-term disability from employment. This compensation can be essential to your ability to support and provide for your family in the wake of being injured or suffering a stress related illness in the workplace.
Stress claims can be difficult to prove because workers compensation carriers will often dispute the legitimacy, seriousness and cause of your stress based medical condition. Our workplace injury and abuse law firm will frequently need to engage in extensive discovery practices including document requests for personnel and business records, depositions of supervisors and other key information to establish the role of employer abuse in causing your stress based injury.
If the workplace abuse or injury is caused by a third party, we may also be able to file a personal injury lawsuit against the individual or business entity, which may provide more extensive recovery than a workers compensation claim by including compensation for items like pain and suffering, impairment of enjoyment of life experiences and impact on your marital relationship.
Make Jacoby & Meyers Your Workplace Injury and Abuse Law Firm
The workplace injury and abuse attorneys at Jacoby and Meyers Law Offices represent employees with a single minded commitment to protecting an employee’s rights to a safe workplace free of dangerous working conditions and unfair abuse by supervisors, co-workers and owners. If you have suffered injury or illness, you should not suffer in silence for fear of reprisal by your employer. Our experienced workplace injury and abuse law firm offers a free absolutely confidential consultation so that we can explain your rights and options. Jacoby & Meyers has become synonymous with representing injury and abuse victims; we urge you to contact us to learn why.
We offer a free consultation so contact us to obtain a confidential evaluation of your workplace injury and abuse claim. We have offices nationwide, including Southern California, New York, Alabama, Florida, and Arizona so call us at 1-800-411-4LAW to see how we can help.
