Workers Compensation

Spartanburg Workers' Compensation Attorney

South Carolina workers’ compensation law requires most employers to provide workers’ compensation benefits for their workers who are hurt on the job. The benefits are usually paid from the employer’s insurance company, not the employer directly. Workers’ compensation is designed to provide benefits swiftly and easily to injured workers, but it doesn’t always work that way, especially when severe injuries are involved. The insurance company will usually try to minimize the extent of the injury to keep benefits as low as possible.

At Holland Law Firm, we are experienced workers’ compensation attorneys. We work to obtain all of the workers’ compensation benefits our clients need to make as full a recovery as possible.

Call us at (864) 582-0416 for a free consultation.

Your Rights Under the Law

Workers’ compensation provides injured employees with three main benefits:

1. Payment for reasonable and necessary medical care for the injury;

2. Lost wage benefits, equal to the average of 2/3 of wages just before the injury; and

3. Benefits for permanent injury or impairment.

Workers’ compensation is a “no-fault” system, meaning it provides benefits regardless of whose fault it was that the employee was injured. The trade-off for the no-fault system is employees cannot sue their employer for work injuries even if their employer is wholly at fault for the injury.

However, if a party not employed by the employer causes or contributes to the injury, an injured employee may also be able to make a claim against that party, a third-party claim, to recover damages in a personal injury claim in addition to recovering worker’s compensation benefits. Our lawyers will carefully examine all aspects of your accident and injury to maximize your recovery. If a third party did cause or contribute to the accident, for instance by causing a car or truck wreck, we may be able to obtain compensation in addition to the workman's comp benefits you receive.

At Holland Law Firm, we vigilantly protect injured workers right for the full benefits they deserve so that they can obtain the medical treatment, rehabilitation, and other services they need to recover to the greatest extent possible.

For a free consultation with Holland Law Firm call (864) 582-0416 or contact us online.