Worksite injuries can cause more than a short term absence from work. They can be permanently crippling or even lethal, as my experience representing workers who have died from on the job exposure to toxic chemicals and asbestos has unfortunately shown.
Almost every working man or woman has filed or heard about a “workers’ comp” claim. Employers in Massachusetts are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance to pay their employees, regardless of fault, 60% of their weekly lost wages, along with their medical expenses, while they are out of work. However, insurers who defend employers will frequently draw arbitrarily hard lines against legitimate claims, or stretch matters out so that their out of work injured workers are forced back, only to be fired for made up reasons shortly after their return. What injured workers need is someone who understands the system, their injuries, and the pressure points to bring insurers to the table.
Injured on the Job? Get the Help You Deserve
Insurers can deny that an injury occurred; deny that the injury occurred in the course of work; deny that the employee is totally, or even partially disabled; or raise other, more technical defenses to the employee’s claim. Waiting to retain a lawyer until the insurer’s denial can be a mistake, as you may need an attorney’s assistance in developing your potential case, as well as to determine what other parties, other than your employer, could be sued for all of your damages, including pain and suffering.
We’ve handled all kinds of workers’ compensation claims, from simple short term injuries to toxic exposures and death claims. We’ll help you navigate the claims system, and also help identify cases where other parties other than the employer cause or contribute to an accident and can pay, through the negligence system, the damages that workers’ compensation doesn’t.
Worker’s Compensation Is:
The statutory system of workers’ benefits, provided to workers as their exclusive remedy for injuries suffered in the course of their employment.
Worker’s Compensation cases include:
Injuries at work
Unsafe work conditions
Injuries while traveling on the job
Contact Us
617-491-1099
30 Second St.
Cambridge, MA 02141
MALIS|LAW serves clients throughout Massachusetts, with a central office in Cambridge, MA and satellite meeting spaces in the Merrimack Valley and on Massachusetts’ South Coast. Our local presence in these areas gives clients ready access to our firm and our resources.
While we can schedule meetings in any of those areas, we recognize that we serve injured people who may not be able to leave their homes to meet initially. Dan will come to you wherever you are to speak with you and personally manage your case. While we always want to get to know our clients personally, disabled clients also appreciate our familiarity with on line streaming services like Zoom , and our internet-based case management system allows for immediate data entry and a prompt commencement of your case.
Our central office in Cambridge provides easy 2-minute access from Route 93 in Cambridge, and steps from the Green Line Lechmere MBTA stop.