Advocating for Public and Private Sector Employees
The attorneys at Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A., in Baltimore, Maryland, handle legal actions involving employee injuries. The firm has a long history of assisting police officers, corrections officers, firefighters, laborers, and other public and private sector employees who were injured on the job. We also represent workers in private industry, including longshoremen, meat packing employees, food service workers, auto workers and construction workers.
Exploring All Options When Seeking Compensation for Injured Workers
Our lawyers explore all options when seeking compensation for injured employees and those suffering from occupational illnesses. We file claims and appeals under Maryland's workers' compensation law. This law provides for payment of benefits to injured workers that include:
- Temporary total disability benefits when an employee cannot work at all while recovering from an illness or injury
- Temporary partial disability benefits, providing partial compensation for the difference between the employee's previous wage and the wage paid during "light" duty
- Permanent total disability benefits that cover the loss or loss of use of arms, eyes, feet, hands and legs and keep the employee from working
- Permanent partial disability benefits for permanent losses that do not keep the employee from working altogether
- Medical benefits that cover physician, surgeon and hospital services as well as the purchase of durable medical equipment
- Vocational benefits that cover retraining when an employee is unable to return to the former job because of a work-related illness or injury
- Death and funeral benefits to a deceased worker's dependents
In addition to benefits they can receive under workers' compensation, injured workers may be eligible to seek compensation in third-party injury suits. Our attorneys undertake this type of legal action when an employee was injured on the job because of the negligence of someone who was not his or her employer. For example, a worker who drives for his or her employer and who is injured in a car accident may be able to obtain compensation from the other driver.
Contact Maryland Lawyer for Work-Related Injuries
For more information about our Baltimore City workers' compensation lawyers, contact SBW Law today. Call 877-736-1845 toll free or complete our online form.
