James E. Martin
Overland Park Workers' Compensation Benefit Attorney
A work injury should not be your expense. Workers' compensation is a no-fault law. Therefore, it is your employer’s obligation to pay for medical treatment and lost wages while you recover. You should always immediately notify your employer if you are injured and request treatment as soon as possible. Depending on how severe your injury, you may be entitled to a full range of benefits. Employers and their insurance companies do not always offer employees the benefits they deserve. If you are injured in the Kansas City area, call the Law Office of James E. Martin, Chartered, at (913)385-0500 for a free consultation.
An Employee May Be Entitled to the Following Workmans Comp Benefits:
Medical Expenses: If you are injured at work, every medical expense is covered by your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance. Whatever medical treatment is necessary to relieve you of all symptoms of injury must be paid for by your employer. This includes prescriptions, physical therapy, and, sometimes, mileage for doctors' visits. While your employer can choose your doctor, I can request an order from the court to change the doctor if you feel pressured to return to work before recovery.
Temporary Total Disability Benefits: When you are recovering and unable to work, temporary total disability (lost wages) reimburses you two-thirds of your average weekly wage, not to exceed the state maximum.
Permanent Disability Benefits: If you are permanently injured, you are entitled to compensation. There are different types of disability pay depending on whether there is permanent total disability, or partial disability.
Survivors’ or Death Benefits: If an employee is killed at work, his or her family is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits.
While vocational rehabilitative benefits are not part of the standard workers’ compensation package, I try to negotiate settlements for my clients that provide enough to retrain and start a new career if they cannot continue in their current positions.
Call (913)385-0500 to Speak to an Overland Park Workers' Compensation Benefits Attorney
If you are injured at work on either side of the Kansas-Missouri border, contact workers’ compensation lawyer James Martin for a free consultation.
The Law Office of James E. Martin, Chartered
8826 Santa Fe Drive, Suite 218
Overland Park, KS 66212
Telephone: (913) 385-0500
Fax: (913) 385-5535
The Law Office of James E. Martin helps people injured at work in Kansas and Missouri get proper medical care and fair workers' compensation settlements. Attorney James Martin represents individuals in the Kansas City metro area--Johnson County, Wyandotte County, and Leavenworth County in Kansas, and Jackson County, Cass County, and Clay County in Missouri--including the communities of Overland Park, Olathe, Kansas City, Leavenworth, Shawnee, Mission, Lenexa, Roland Park, Leewood, Bonner Springs, and Lansing in Kansas, and North Kansas City, Lee's Summit, Grandview, Blue Springs, and Parkville in Missouri.
