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If you get a work-related injury or industrial disease, you should file a claim as soon as possible for workers' compensation benefits. Depending on your situation, you may be eligible for lost wages, medical expenses and/or vocational rehabilitation. To find out more about your potential benefits, contact an experienced workers' compensation lawyer now.

At our Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Plantation and Melbourne, Florida, law firm, we help people obtain compensation for injuries suffered at work. We handle all types of cases, including burns, broken bones, and repetitive stress injuries. If you have been injured on the job and cannot work, contact Goldberg & Dohan. Call (865) 264-2000 for a free initial consultation.

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Workers' Compensation - An Overview

Workers' compensation has become part of the fabric of the American workplace. Benefits are routinely paid for work-related injury, disease and death. This brings stability to the individual employee and his or her family even in the face of severe workplace injury or debilitating industrial disease. The experienced and skillful workers' compensation lawyers at Goldberg & Dohan in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Plantation and Melbourne, Florida, can answer your workers' compensation questions and assist you with your claim.

History and Origins

The need for and idea of workers' compensation has origins in Germany in the early 1800s. The industrial revolution brought dangerous new workplaces into existence such as railroads, factories and mines with accompanying increases in injuries, deaths and new work-related diseases. Social and political sympathy for the common worker grew and led to the enactment of early workers' compensation legislation.

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Employer Retaliation against the Workers' Compensation Claimant

Workers' compensation is sometimes viewed as a compromise between employees and employers: workers give up the right to sue for large awards in court in exchange for certain and timely, albeit relatively lower, reimbursement for work-related injuries and illnesses. Employers take on the responsibility for these injuries and illnesses even if they are not at fault, but they no longer have to worry about being tied up in court and potentially liable for large verdicts.

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Can I Recover Workers' Compensation Benefits if I Work for a Government Employer?

Workers' compensation benefits are usually the exclusive remedy for workers injured on the job. But is that still true if you are a public employee? If you or a loved one has been injured or killed on the job as a public servant, you should consult an experienced workers' compensation attorney at Goldberg & Dohan in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Plantation and Melbourne, Florida, to determine your rights under the workers' compensation laws.

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Can I Sue My Employer Instead of Filing a Workers' Compensation Claim?

The answer to this question is, in most cases, no. Workers' compensation systems were established as a trade-off in which employees gave up the right to sue employers in court for their work-related injuries and occupational diseases in exchange for the right to receive workers' compensation benefits regardless of who was at fault for their injuries. Most employers are required by law to either carry workers' compensation insurance or to self-insure for the benefit of their employees. In exchange for providing that insurance, employers are protected from defending personal injury claims brought by employees in civil lawsuits.

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What Are the Rehabilitation Rights of Injured Workers?

The word "rehabilitation" in the area of workers' compensation has two very different meanings. When most people think of rehabilitation, they think of physical therapy or rehabilitative care aimed at overcoming an injury and regaining functionality. Did you know that there is also vocational rehabilitation? In many states, injured workers who cannot return to their former employment are entitled to this type of rehabilitation at the expense of their employer, their employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier, the state or some combination of these sources, as determined by the law of the state in question.

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