Is an attorney required to file a claim for workers compensation?
Workers’ compensation programs were originally developed by states not only to relieve employers of the cost of litigating all the workers’ personal injury claims, but also to relieve the workers from the cost of hiring attorneys to help them pursue their claims. Therefore, the programs provide a process that is more expedited and more informal than a lawsuit filed in court so that workers, if they choose, may make a claim without the assistance of an attorney. However, as in any area of the law in which not only facts, but terms, are subject to differing interpretations even by reasonable people, many find that workers who hire an attorney may be much more successful in being awarded benefits. Fortunately, state laws generally provide limits on attorneys fees in workers’ compensation cases.
Workers’ compensation programs were originally developed by states not only to relieve employers of the cost of litigating all the workers’ personal injury claims, but also to relieve the workers from the cost of hiring attorneys to help them pursue their claims. Therefore, the programs provide a process that is more expedited and more informal than a lawsuit filed in court so that workers, if they choose, may make a claim without the assistance of an attorney. However, as in any area of the law in which not only facts but terms are subject to differing interpretations even by reasonable people, many find that workers who hire an attorney may be much more successful in being awarded benefits. Fortunately, state laws generally provide limits on attorneys fees in workers’ compensation cases. As in personal injury law, attorneys who practice in the area of workers’ compensation usually base their fees on contingency, so that workers only pay the attorney when they are awarded benefits. In
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