Hip injuries can happen in workplace car accidents, construction accidents, or after a slip and fall. Debilitating hip injuries can leave you out of work or facing high medical bills. At Bader Scott Injury Lawyers, we can help you avoid financial ruin after an injury. Our team can help you file a workers’ compensation claim to seek benefits for your losses.
An Athens workers’ compensation lawyer from Bader Scott Injury Lawyers can take steps to help you through your claim. Our personal injury team understands how a hip injury can negatively impact your life. As a result, we advocate for our clients to help them afford the necessary treatments and get the income replacement benefits they need.
How Bader Scott Injury Lawyers Can Help You After Suffering a Workplace Hip Injury
Getting workers’ compensation benefits should be straightforward; unfortunately, it rarely is. Fortunately, you don’t need to handle the process alone. The Athens personal injury lawyers from our firm can take the necessary steps to help you get the benefits you need.
Throughout the entirety of your case, we will work tirelessly to help you get the workers’ compensation benefits you need. Steps we can take include:
- Communicating with your employer’s insurance company for you
- Requesting a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge from the State Board of Workers’ Compensation
- Representing you at the hearing
Whether you have a mild or severe hip injury, our team can take on your case and advocate for you to get the workers’ compensation benefits you deserve.
For a free legal consultation with a workplace hip injury lawyer serving Athens, call (404) 888-8888
Workers’ Compensation Benefits Our Hip Injury Lawyers Can Help You Recover in Athens
There are several types of workers’ compensation benefits available for workers who suffer hip injuries.
Medical Expenses
All of your reasonable medical expenses should be covered after a workplace injury. However, it’s important to note that you must receive care from a doctor your employer has approved. This information should be available on a poster in your breakroom or other public location.
Lost Income Benefits
You can recover temporary or permanent disability benefits. Depending on the type of benefit, you could recover approximately 2/3 of your weekly wages for a set period of time. If you have permanently disabling injuries, you may be eligible for lifetime benefits.
Death Benefits
If you lost a loved one due to a workplace hip injury, you can recover death benefits. These include funeral and burial costs and weekly income replacement benefits.
You can receive these benefits, regardless of how long you have been working at your job. If you are injured on the first day, you’re covered. You are also entitled to these benefits, regardless of who caused the injury—this is true even if your negligence led to the accident.
Our workers’ compensation attorneys will help you determine what benefits you can recover.
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You May Have Other Options for Compensation After a Workplace Hip Injury
Workers’ compensation can help you make ends meet while you’re out of work, but it doesn’t cover anything. You could lose hundreds of dollars in lost wages each week, as well as your other accident-related expenses.
In some cases, you may have options for covering those other losses. If a third party (not your employer) caused or contributed to your accident, we can hold them liable via a personal injury claim. This would allow you to recover:
- Future medical bills: If your hip injury requires medical attention in the future, you could seek compensation for future medical bills. Future medical bills could also include work benefits you lost, such as health insurance or retirement benefits.
- Assistive devices: Costs associated with devices to help you walk or move. For example, you could require a wheelchair or walker to get from place to place.
- Lost income: You can recover compensation for the entirety of your lost wages.
- Future lost income: if you cannot return to work because of your hip injury, you could recover compensation for future lost income that isn’t covered by workers’ compensation. Our attorneys can speak to experts and calculate the projected value of future lost income.
Workers’ compensation does not cover your non-economic losses, but a third-party claim can. Examples of recoverable non-economic damages include the following:
- Physical pain and suffering: This is the physical pain, anguish, discomfort, or inconvenience your hip injury caused.
- Emotional distress: The emotional suffering you experienced because of your accident or injury. Examples could include anxiety, depression, fear, sleep-related issues, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Loss of enjoyment: You could recover compensation if you can no longer participate in activities, hobbies, or sports that you could before your injury.
Our Athens workplace hip injury lawyers can take the necessary steps to investigate the accident to prove you suffered damages. We can collect evidence, such as your medical records, pay stubs, and testimony, to prove you suffered the economic and non-economic damages we claim.
Call Bader Scott Injury Lawyers today to learn more about what our Athens workers’ compensation lawyers can do for you.
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Common Trauma-Related Hip Injuries
There are various hip injuries you could sustain from trauma to that area. Hip injuries can range in severity. Depending on the type and severity of your injury, you could experience intense pain and loss of mobility.
According to Mayo Clinic, common hip injuries include:
- Hip fracture: A serious injury that could have life-threatening complications. Symptoms include the inability to get up independently or put weight on the side of the injury, bruising, and severe groin pain.
- Hip labral tear: Involves the ring of cartilage that follows the outside rim of the hip joint socket. While some people don’t experience symptoms, some experience pain in the hip, a locking or clicking sensation in the hip joint, and a limited range of motion in the hip.
- Hip sprain: Tearing of ligaments in the hip area. Symptoms include pain, swelling, bruising, and limited ability to move the affected joint. You could also hear a popping sound in your joint when the injury occurs.
Complications Workplace Hip Injuries Can Cause
The risk of complications from hip fractures and other injuries could lead to surgery for repair or a replacement.
If your hip injury decreases your mobility, you could experience the following complications:
- Blood clots
- Bed sores
- Pneumonia
- Loss of muscle mass
In severe cases, these complications could cause death. So, it’s best to get the medical care you need quickly after a hip injury.
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Contact an Athens Workplace Hip Injury Lawyer For a Free Consultation
Contacting a hip injury attorney soon after your accident can help your case. You have a limited time to file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits.
Contact us today for a free consultation by filling out our contact form. A member of our legal team can answer your questions and provide insight into your potential case.
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