Wednesday 28 March 2018

Texas Workers’ Compensation Claims & Car Wreck Injuries

On The Job Car Wreck: File Both A Texas Workers’ Compensation Claim & A Personal Injury Case 

Car Wreck Injury

 An injured employee called because he had been in a car wreck driving from his workplace to a client’s office where he was going to repair some electrical issues. On the way to his client’s office, another driver ran a red light and hit his car broadside. He wanted me to handle his car wreck case and get a recovery from the other driver’s insurance company. So, he wanted to pursue a personal injury claim for his Car Wreck Injuries.


Texas Workers’ Compensation Injury

That same day, a reader of this blog came in to meet with me at my office because of a dispute of his Texas workers’ compensation claim. He had been driving from his office to a client’s office to discuss a sales contract that he had been negotiating for several months when he was hit by a driver that pulled straight out from a side road into his car. He wanted to pursue a Texas workers’ compensation claim.

Car Wreck Injuries Can Be Both Personal Injury & Workers’ Compensation Claims In Texas


The point is that you can have both a Workers’ Compensation case and a personal injury case when you’ve been involved in an on the job car wreck. These two gentlemen were both pursuing only one of their claims, but they were both eligible to pursue a Texas workers’ comp claim and a personal injury claim against the driver of the car that hit them.

If you’ve been involved in an on the job car wreck, make sure to seek advice about both claims. You will want to hire an attorney that handles both claims because there is some very confusing and difficult situations that arise when two different insurance companies are making payment for one accident. While there are many attorneys that handle car wrecks, only a few handle workers’ compensation too. Because of the issues that arise when both insurance companies are making payment, you will definitely want an attorney that knows not only the personal injury side of a case, but especially the ins and outs of a workers’ comp claim.

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