If the negligence of a third party caused your injuries, you may be entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits from your employer as well as compensation from a third party involved in causing your injuries. The latter can include damages for pain and suffering, mental anguish, lost earning capacity, medical treatment, impairment, and disfigurement. One of our third-party claims attorneys in San Antonio can help.
Types of Third-Party Injury Claims We Have Helped Workers With in San Antonio
While no two cases can be handled exactly the same, we have found that most third-party claims stem from the following types of incidents:
- Struck by a forklift, cherry picker, crane, truck, or other vehicle
- Electrocutions
- Defective machinery and equipment incidents
- Struck by falling objects
- Falls from ladders, scaffolding, roofs, or other elevated working surface
- Falls through floor openings that were not properly guarded
- Slip and falls
- Injured by machinery
- Loading dock incidents
- Crush injuries
- Loads shifting during transit that were not properly loaded, braced, and secured
- Fires
- Gas explosions
- Oil rig incidents
- Exposure to dangerous chemicals
- Exposure to toxic fumes or substances
Accidents such as these can cause severe or fatal injuries. We know how this can impact you and your family right now as well as into the future so do not delay in getting one of our third party claims lawyers in San Antonio to help you immediately.