There are some injuries that occur where an injured worker cannot remember what caused their injury. For instance, a construction worker is working at a height and next remembers waking up on the ground or in an ambulance. A nurse is working on a tile floor and next remembers waking up in a hospital. If there are no witnesses to an accident, and the injured worker has limited or no memory of the fall, insurance companies will not hesitate to deny the claim. This can be devastating for injured workers in need of wages and medical benefits related to their injury. To make matters worse, these workers often suffer from traumatic brain injuries which only compounds the difficulty in trying to deal with an insurance adjuster.
Fortunately, with the help of an experienced workers’ compensation lawyer, injured workers can get help in these situations. There may be unknown witnesses or other evidence that can be found and presented to a judge to help win these cases. A recently waxed floor, a defective floor, or many other circumstances that could convince a judge that the injury arose out of employment. Do not give up if this has happened to you or someone you know. Call an experienced workers’ compensation lawyer for help as soon as possible.
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