Brockton Workers Compensation Lawyers

What benefits can injured or ill workers receive in Brockton?

Our Brockton workers’ compensation lawyers demand payment of the following benefits from your employer and/or your employer’s insurance carrier:

• Medical and hospital services.Your employer has the right to choose the medical provider you see for your first visit. After that visit, you may choose your own provider. Your employer or its insurer also has the right to periodically request that you submit to evaluations conducted by an independent physician. Your benefits include payment for all of your medical care while you seek to maximize your health and all your medical care thereafter to keep your health stable and address any complications.
• Medical equipment, prescription drugs, and training services.Workers’ comp benefits also pay for medically necessary equipment, prescribed drugs, and vocational or rehabilitation services.
• Lost income during the period the employee is unable to work.You can get approximately 60 percent of your average weekly wage, which is calculated over the 52 weeks prior to your injury. The amount is capped by the state’s average weekly wage at the time of your injury. The lost income benefit is paid per week, provided the employee remains out of work for six or more full or partial calendar days. The days do not need to be consecutive. Some adjustments may apply. You can receive as many as 156 weeks of benefits (weeks need not be consecutive).
• Lost income if you can work but earn less at the job you take due to your work injury or illness.You can receive up to a maximum of 75 percent of your weekly total lost income benefits. These benefits can be paid for as many as 260 weeks.
• Disability benefits if you are permanently disabled from doing any kind of work.The amount you receive can be equal to 66 percent of your average weekly wage (subject to state maximums and minimums). Disability benefits are subject to cost-of-living adjustments. Payments continue for as long as you remain totally disabled.
• One-time payments for physical disfigurement/scarring or partial disability. You can receive this payment whether or not you work.
• Survivors’ and dependents’ benefits in the event of a worker’s death due to a work-related injury or illness.These benefits include weekly benefits equal to 66 percent of the worker’s average weekly wage (up to a maximum of the state average weekly wage) or $60 per week for each eligible child if the surviving spouse remarries. When a death occurs, workers’ comp reimburses funeral and burial expenses up to eight times the state average weekly wage.