Workers' Compensation

Fayetteville-Raleigh Workers' Compensation Attorneys

Thousands of North Carolina workers are injured or killed on the job each year. The injured worker or surviving family may then claim Workers’ Compensation benefits to pay medical bills and replace lost wages--without the need to prove that the employer or anyone else was negligent or otherwise at fault. Many of these same injured workers, however, may find themselves facing a delay or denial of benefits based on a dispute with their employer’s insurance carrier. Worse yet, many North Carolina employees might hesitate to file any Workers' Comp claim at all, believing that they could be fired or otherwise punished for claiming benefits.

Contact a North Carolina Workers' Compensation attorney at Kelly & West in Lillington for a free consultation about your options in any workplace injury situation. Our North Carolina Workers' Comp lawyers have spent the past twenty years fighting for the rights of injured workers from Fayetteville to Raleigh, Durham to Charlotte, and statewide. Our attorneys are experienced with the recovery of Workers' Comp benefits for workers who have suffered serious head, back, or neck injuries, or serious repetitive stress problems in the wrist, shoulder, knee, or hands.

We will guide you from the very beginning to file your Workers’ Comp claim correctly and ensure that you receive the maximum benefits you deserve. In addition, we can aggressively represent your interests before the various administrative agencies that will approve your benefits upon appeal. In cases involving long periods of disability, including permanent conditions, we can also present a claim for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits for you. While we are working on your Workers' Compensation case, we can also see whether you might have any additional personal injury claims against defendants other than your employer for additional compensation.

North Carolina Workers’ Compensation is a state program with benefits generally paid through insurance carried by your employer. Those insurance companies are not in the business of paying out claims. They might deny a claim in order to intimidate you into accepting a reduced amount or no compensation at all. At Kelly & West, our attorneys have substantial Workers' Compensation claim experience, including the opposing perspective while representing the insurers themselves. We know how they operate, and we understand how to prepare and present a compelling case that leaves the insurance company little alternative but to meet our terms.

Our Workers' Comp attorneys know how to handle the different problems that can come up in a claim for on the job injury benefits. We can help if the insurer's physician refuses to perform the proper examinations or diagnostic tests to determine the nature and extent of your injury accurately. We know what to do if you're sent back to work too early, or if you're demoted or fired in retaliation for filing a Workers' Comp claim. For additional information about our ability to represent your interests effectively in a Workers' Compensation or other workplace injury case, contact a North Carolina personal injury lawyer at Kelly & West.

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