Personal Injury Attorneys: Getting What You Deserve

See an Attorney if You Get Hurt at Work

4 December 2020

Laurie Flores

If you get hurt at work, you may end up with a lot of medical bills and a lot of missing income because you weren't able to work. That can leave you in a lot of trouble, which means that you need to figure out what you can do so that you can get all your bills paid and your medical bills handled. You need to go see a worker's compensation attorney if you have been hurt at work so that they can help you with getting everything that you may be entitled to.

If you do go see an attorney, then there are some things that you need to take with you or do so that it will make their job easier. 

1. Sign Medical Releases

One thing that you need to do is to make it possible for your attorney and your doctors to talk about your condition and what it means for you and your life. The way to do that is to go to your doctor's office and sign a medical release. The release you sign will need to specify exactly who your doctor can talk to, so you need to make sure that you already have an attorney's name there.

When you sign the release, you can also specify how long you would like for the release to be valid, and what exactly the doctor can talk to your attorney about. Those boundaries will make it so that anything you may be worried about will still be protected. 

2. Income Information

When you go see your attorney, you will also want to make sure that you take records showing how much you earn from your employer, as well as any other income that may come into your house, such as the income of a spouse or alimony and child support. Your check stubs should be able to show how much you get paid on average as well as how many hours you work on average. Your attorney may also want to see your tax papers as well since that will give a much better look at your entire household income. 

If you have been hurt at work, you can end up missing a lot of work and owing a lot of medical bills as well as other bills. You may be entitled to money because of your accident, so you should talk to a workers' compensation attorney about what you deserve. 

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