WORKERS COMPENSATION LAW

Workers Compensation laws are designed to provide financial assistance to employees who are hurt or disabled while working.  These laws are also designed to assist the families of employees who are killed while performing work-related duties. 

Workers Comp is set out in its own section of the Code of Alabama and involves over 100 sections. Having an attorney with a working knowledge of the law and how the Courts have interpreted these statutes is vital.

We have handled Workers Compensation cases for over 15 years. Tom has taught at multiple seminars on the subject and has led the Alabama Trial Lawyers legislative team on workers compensation issues in an effort to protect the rights of working people.

Alabama law specifically states that employers and their workers compensation carriers (and adjusters) owe no duty to an employee to inform them of their rights. A worker should have no expectation that what the adjuster tells them is correct. An injured employee should recognize that a workers compensation claim is adversarial in nature and the worker is under a legal duty to get independent legal counsel. THEREFORE, GET AN ATTORNEY!