Maison Law of California stands ready to help anyone injured while working as a sales representative. Workers’ compensation support helps those hurt at work, but not every victim is treated fairly, and not everyone receives the same amount of support. We want to make sure every victim has the money to pay every medical bill and support their families.
Contact us today for a free consultation to learn more about your options that may go beyond standard workers’ comp benefits.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Suffering an Injury Working as a Sales Representative?
If you receive only a minor injury and only miss a few days of work, you may not require the help of a lawyer to get fair treatment through workers’ compensation. However, a workplace accident that results in a more serious injury and extended medical bills may force you to fight to get all recovery costs covered. A skilled California Workers’ Compensation Lawyer can help you secure more for more complex cases, especially those involving higher healthcare expenses.
The guidebook provided by The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) explains that you should consider hiring a lawyer if you feel your employer or claims administrator isn’t treating you fairly. Talking to a lawyer is also a good idea if you may have suffered a permanent disability.
You should contact a lawyer if you feel you might have to file a lawsuit against your company. You should also reach out if you feel you won’t secure enough support on your own. Strong legal representation can often secure much more in compensation for you than you could win yourself.
Sales Representative Accident and Injury Dangers
Sales representatives in California are asked to assist customers and make sales. They may work at a call center, an office building, a dealership, or a store. These workplaces can be unsafe and sales reps might also have to visit clients and sites that may add their own hazards to employees.
These tasks could cause injuries over weeks and months as muscles, ligaments, and tendons are strained. Employees could also be hurt in a sudden accident that causes broken bones and/or life-threatening harm.
These are just a few of the types of injuries sales representatives may suffer:
- Trip-and-Falls on debris and boxes left on the floor
- Slipping on spills created by other employees or customers
- Falling merchandise
- Tripping on loose carpet and cords
- Stairwell injuries
- Repetitive motion injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome
- Injuries in warehouses and stockrooms
- Injuries caused by heavy machinery like forklifts, balers, and floor-cleaning units
- Poor ventilation
- Exposure to harmful substances like asbestos
- Back injuries
- Injuries suffered on sales trips and while visiting a client’s business
- Renovation and construction injuries for employees forced to pass through work zones
- Negligent security leading to employees getting assaulted
Victims of these hazards and others might be forced to seek support from employers such as a big box store chain, financial institutions, tech companies, or some other type of local business. Worker’s Compensation often provides help, but the level of support is never guaranteed. And sadly, some sales representatives aren’t even granted health benefits to help cover their care.
Victims without strong evidence and properly filed claims can end up with far less than they need to cover every medical bill. They might also walk away without enough to help with living expenses for their families while out of work. A skilled California Sales Representative Lawyer takes on the unfair system and seeks the most possible for a client’s injuries.
Can a Lawyer Help Me Earn More for a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
Workers’ Compensation protects all workers in California, but not all workers will receive the same level of support. The amount on a settlement check you receive can vary greatly depending on the evidence you collect and the manner in which you file your claim.
Your lawyer investigates what happened to you and examines the safety record of your employer. Your attorney builds your case backed with powerful evidence. Then your lawyer represents you before a Workers’ Compensation Judge to make sure your story is heard and every hardship you’ve endured is acknowledged.
Your attorney negotiates for the maximum in compensation support available so you never have to pay for care out of your own pocket when an injury flares up in the future. Your attorney handles all of this frustrating process while allowing you the time to focus on getting better.
Another important protection: Your lawyer protects you from retaliation and takes action if you are fired unjustly after getting injured.
Winning Workers’ Compensation Support for Injury Victims
Your lawyer works on your claim to make sure it includes every hardship you’ve suffered during your recovery. That can include any medical care that may be necessary in the years to come.
This is a critical step because anything you leave off your claim would be something the California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation could ignore. Anything you don’t report becomes a bill your family must cover.
Your attorney would be negotiating for the maximum support for your physical damages and the financial crisis that missing work can cause.
These and other hardships must factor into your Workers’ Compensation check.
- Support for every healthcare bill you receive. This includes the physical therapy and additional surgeries you could require in the future. The medical equipment you depend on and the medication you’ll need should also be covered.
- Money to support yourself and your family while you miss work. Wage replacement and the compensation of benefits you lose while you can’t perform your job duties. Known as Temporary Disability Benefits.
- Workers’ Compensation benefits for you if you don’t recover completely and your injury causes a permanent loss of physical or mental function that a doctor can measure. Known as Permanent Disability Benefits.
- Support to help you find a new job if necessary. Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit provides money to help pay for retraining or skill enhancement if you are eligible to receive permanent disability benefits, your employer doesn’t offer you work, and you don’t return to work for your employer.
- Support to family members if a loved one is tragically killed on the job. Death benefits can be awarded to children, stepchildren, and a spouse. In some cases, grandchildren, parents, and siblings could all be eligible. This support could rise to over $300,000 for multiple family members to divide.
The DIR Injured Worker’s Handbook goes over all the different types of support available through a claim.
Contact a California Sales Representative Accident Workers’ Compensation Lawyer
The most important outcome is that the injured and those who lose their ability to support their families get the full support they require for as long as necessary. Deciding which legal option is right for your situation can be difficult, but you don’t have to make the decision alone.
There’s an easy way to find out which path offers you the fastest route to the support you and your family desperately need. Speak to Maison Law in a free, no-obligation consultation. We want to hear about what happened to you and then help you determine the best course of action for your family.
If you need our help to secure more from workers’ compensation, you don’t need any money to hire our skilled attorneys. We only get paid if we earn you a victory when going up against workers’ compensation. Then our fee is paid out of the workers’ compensation you receive.
