The Battle for Workers’ Comp When you become a trucker, you face many unique situations every day on the job. Your daily routine consists of many dangerous activities that put your safety at risk, and it’s common that you may face injury while on the job. Workers’ comp is meant to assist you in recouping [...]
Fighting For YOU Hurt Trucker Attorneys pride ourselves in representing the hard-working men and women in the trucking industry for nearly 50 years. We know just how much our clients put on the line every day when showing up for their job, and we want to do the same for them. Your case is more [...]
Over the years, trucking companies pushed to classify employees as owner-operators. The reason us simple - to avoid paying truckers workers' compensation benefits. Trucking companies and other employers usually only have to pay workers' compensation benefits to employees (company drivers). They generally are not required to pay benefits to owner-operators because they are considered "independent [...]
A truck driver recently reached out to us and asked three questions: What is the difference between Workers Compensation and Personal Injury cases? Can you have both types going at the same time? How do you file a civil (Personal Injury) suit? These are important questions we often get from hurt truck [...]
In our prior post on common trucking injuries, we discussed shoulder, elbow and wrist injuries. In this post, we discuss common leg and foot injuries that prevent truckers from working. Leg and foot injuries can be debilitating and can take a truck driver months – or even years – to recover, and with certain injuries [...]
In our last segments on “Paying Bills After an Injury,” we discussed workers' compensation and workers' compensation benefits. We continue the segment in this post by discussing disability insurance policies. Disability insurance policies are sold by private insurance companies such as Aetna and the Hartford Financial. These policies pay benefits in the event you become [...]
Could More Owner Operators Be Entitled to Work Comp? Let’s Hope So!