does worker compensation pays your medical bills?
i got a problem, i was hurt during work and now i got a settlement of 15000 and my lawyer will get 5000 and my medical bills are 50000, my lawyer said that the medical bills will be paid by the worker comp and the worker comp will charge me like up most 5000 and my lawyer ask me to sign the settlement, but my quoestion is that does the worker comp really pays ur medical bill and charge me up to 5000. it happened in philadelphia, so anny suggestion sign or dont sign
was hit by a car
i was on a bike and got hit and witnesses saw me goin trough a red ligh
i was delivering food and if i was wrong to cross the street through the red light am i still covered and i work under the table
so should i sign my release form and let the taxi insurance company pay me my 10000 and the worker comp will get like 5000 off me, my lawyer said i was self employed and i got some letter from the worker comp to give me money but afeter a while they denied it, i dont know why
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Workers Compensation is supposed to cover all medical expenses related to the “on the job” injury.
Typically, there is no need for a lawyer in these cases unless you are given the run around by the insurance company.
As for your “settlement”, if you haven’t signed the agreement yet, I would seek a second opinion.
There can be lots of jobs that an employee would ride a bike…
major metropolitian areas, ie Philly, and NYC may have many of
those… like in the garment district, delivering flowers etc.
Where there is another party involved holding liaiblity for your
injury, you should NOT sign any settlement agreement until you are
fully informed of the employer rights to subrogation, meaning, your
employer or their carrier is entitled to reimbursement for any
benefits they have provided to you during treatment and recovery.
Something missing in the information you provide here…. don’t
settle this claim yet.
You have a lawyer and you’re asking Yahoo? WC should pay for all the related medical costs.
There are some missing details here. You say you where hit by a car, where you on duty while driving? What kind of settlement is this? Is this a third party settlement between you and the other driver or is this a settlement of the work comp? Are you currently off work? Did you miss work? What is work comp going to charge? Was this claim accepted or denied?
Typically if this is involving a third party and your claim is covered work comp will normally take care of the medical bills and indemnity portions. Once you settle your third party than work comp will go after a subrogation to the person that hit you for reimbursement. You shouldn’t have to pay any medical bills out of your own pocket. But again, it all depends on the questions.
So you got hit by a car while riding a bike. What job requires you to ride the bike during work hours? If you where on your way to work than work comp will not cover for your injuries. If you where doing something for work and you rode your bike like a messenger biker that rides in the cities than you should be covered.
Working under the table can pose a lot problems for you and work comp. To tell you the truth unless you have something in paper that you are a worker for the company you could be looking at some real problems. There could be a chance that your company could say: “Nope, never heard of him, don’t have anybody by that name for my company.”
This is illegal on the part of the company because it’s fraud. If you can prove that you worked there like a checks that the guy gives you weekly or some sort of evidence that you where a subject worker than you’ll need to file the claim through your doctors. There is a chance that the claim will get denied, but if you do present the right documents than you’ll be fine, if not, you could be paying for medical bills. Better file your claim ASAP!