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The Purpose of Workers' Compensation

Many people come to me with questions about workers' compensation and the most frequently asked question is "Why can't I sue my employeer for my injuries?" Workers' Compensation was created for two reasons.

First being to provide replacement income and medical care to employees who are hurt on the job, who have lasting job-related disabilities, and those made ill by the conditions at their place of work.

Second is to reduce litigation against employeers. This protects the employeer from being sued in a civil case however it provides the employee workers' comp benefits.

Workers' Compensation is a trade-off of sorts, thus if you are injured while working for your employeer you can file a workers' compensation claim with your state's workers' compensation system. It is always helpful to consult a workers compensation lawyer in your quest to obtain workers' compensation benefits because these rules and regualtions are best understood by a workers' comp attorney.