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THE SHEENA LAW FIRM
Attorney & Counselor at Law

 

Employment Injuries

What should you do if you suffer a work-related injury or if you are hurt on the job?  Workplace injuries range from broken limbs to those involving more severe brain injuries and spinal cord injuries, even death.  The workplace can be a very dangerous place. Many people will suffer some type of work related injury illness during their working career.

Many workers are killed or seriously hurt each year on the job. When the injury is the fault of someone other than the worker's immediate employer, a lawsuit can be brought against that person or corporation.  This is called a "third- party lawsuit." We have major experience in representing workers and their families in this area of the law.

Accidents in the workplace give rise to a wide spectrum of injuries-from conditions as apparently minor as aching backs to traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. The principal causes of work related injuries include fires and explosions; exposures to toxic chemicals and other environmental hazards; work-related transportation accidents; slips and falls; electrocutions; machinery-related accidents; traumas from contact with heavy objects; and even on-the-job assaults by co-workers and third parties.

Workplace injuries are not limited to factories and construction sites. Even office employees are subject to a wide variety of serious work-related injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and other repetitive stress injuries, sick building syndrome, asbestosis, mold and lead poisoning, slips and falls, and even occupational stress.

If you suffer a work related injury or illness, you may be entitled to substantial money damages, even in cases involving what may appear to involve only minor injuries. You can recover any medical expenses you have had to cover as a result of the injury, such as doctor and hospital bills, medications, therapy, home health care and all other related medical expenses, as well as any future medical expenses you reasonably expect to incur. You can also recover for the physical pain and suffering you have sustained, your out of pocket expenses, your mental and emotional anguish, your lost wages, benefits and other compensation, any loss of your future earning capacity, and the future diminishment of your enjoyment of life.

Additionally, in some cases, if your spouse has been injured as a result of a workplace injury or illness, you may be entitled to collect damages for the loss of pleasure or companionship you have experienced as a result of his or her injuries. And in certain extreme cases, where the wrongdoer's conduct is extreme and outrageous, you may be entitled to collect punitive damages to punish the wrongdoer and to prevent the misconduct from being repeated in the future.

Workplace injury cases are incredibly complex, and provide many traps for the unwary. The principal problem in most workplace injury cases is that if an employee is injured while in the course of his or her employment, the employee generally may not sue the employer in court, and is limited to his or her state's workers' compensation remedies. As these remedies are typically much less favorable than those available to an injured employee in a personal injury lawsuit, employers fight hard to keep their injured employees in the workers' compensation system and out of court.

There are, however, ways to avoid the workers' compensation trap. In cases where the employer knew or should have known that the workplace was unsafe and likely to cause injury, an injured employee may be able to sue the employer directly for allowing such unsafe conditions to occur in the workplace. Additionally, if an employee is injured by a piece of defective machinery or equipment in the workplace, he or she may be able to sue all of the parties involved in the design, engineering, manufacture, distribution, sale, and installation of the defective machinery.

Because workplace injury cases are so complex, you need an experienced and aggressive litigation team if you have been injured as a result of workplace injury or illness.  We know which medical experts and occupational experts you'll need to make your case, we know how to avoid the workers' compensation trap, and we'll stand by your side no matter how long it takes to get your case to a negotiated settlement or a trial.


Danny M. Sheena, P.E.

 
The Sheena Law Firm
2500 West Loop South, Suite 518
Houston, Texas 77027
 
(713) 224-6508 - Office
(713) 225-1560 - Fax
 

Email: [email protected]

 

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