CAN A WORK INJURY ENTITLE ME TO BENEFITS OTHER THAN STATE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BENEFITS?
Where your injury is caused or contributed to by circumstances created by someone other than your employer or co-employee, you can bring a court action to recover damages from other responsible parties. In such cases it is necessary to prove someone other than your employer or a co-employee was at fault. Examples of this would include negligence cases, cases against manufacturers whose products caused your injury or physicians whose malpractice has injured you further. There are other examples too numerous to mention. Such cases should be investigated early to preserve evidence and insure that all legal notices and filings are filed within the time required by law.
