Hurt at Work? Get Work Injury Compensation

If you sustained a work-related injury or illness, you are entitled to receive worker’s compensation benefits regardless of fault. Before you can begin receiving worker’s compensation benefits, you must notify your employer of your injury and how it was sustained. Contact The Lake Law Firm for help with your Worker’s Compensation case. Under South Carolina worker’s compensation law, an employee who suffers a job-related injury or illness is entitled to the following benefits:

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  • Medical Benefits
  • Temporary Total Benefits
  • Permanent Partial Benefits
  • Permanent Total Benefits
  • Medical Benefits
  • Temporary Total Benefits
  • Permanent Partial Benefits
  • Permanent Total Benefits

Things to Know About Worker’s Compensation

  • If you require medical treatment, your employer or its insurance carrier has the legal right to select the physician or medical facility that will treat your work-related injury or illness. That right is not exclusive.
  • If you feel medical treatment, including physical therapy, was prematurely ended you may be able to have the medical treatment restored.
  • It’s against the law for an employer to retaliate, discriminate, or discharge an employee for seeking worker’s compensation benefits.
  • If you’ve been subject to such discrimination or retaliatory conduct, contact The Office of Special Compensation Funds (OSCF). The OSCF has delegated the authority and power to protect your rights from such retaliatory conduct.
  • If you require medical treatment, your employer or its insurance carrier has the legal right to select the physician or medical facility that will treat your work-related injury or illness. That right is not exclusive.
  • If you feel medical treatment, including physical therapy, was prematurely ended you may be able to have the medical treatment restored.
  • It’s against the law for an employer to retaliate, discriminate, or discharge an employee for seeking worker’s compensation benefits.
  • If you’ve been subject to such discrimination or retaliatory conduct, contact The Office of Special Compensation Funds (OSCF). The OSCF has delegated the authority and power to protect your rights from such retaliatory conduct.

For more information, or to schedule a consultation, call us at 803-750-8311.