Workers' Compensation

According to the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, 109,000 injuries and 109,000 non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses were recorded in Missouri during the length of one year.

Workers' compensation regulations and laws are a complex and often frustrating and confusing system that involves:

• The Division of Workers' Compensation
• Insurance companies
• Your employer
• Medical providers
• Vocational rehabilitation
• A potentially a liable third party

Missouri employers and their employees rely on a trustworthy workers' compensation system to resolve disputes about vocational injuries and disease and to provide for related worker needs. These laws were implemented after hard-fought struggles to improve working conditions and provide an economic safety net for employees. However, if you fail to follow the process correctly or meet all the deadlines, you could lose some or all of your benefits.

Under the law an injured employee is entitled to certain benefits if they are injured on the job. These benefits include providing and paying for medical care, payments for time lost from your work and permanent disability benefits.

If your case dictates it, the Guirl Law Firm of St. Louis will obtain independent medical examinations as well as qualified medical reports to make sure that insurance companies give you fair monetary compensation for your injury.