Understanding Workers Compensation Law

Knoxville Workers' Comp Law Firm

If you work in Tennessee, you are likely covered by workers compensation laws. If you are hurt on your job, and in some cases while going to or from your job, you may be covered by the workers compensation laws of Tennessee or another state. If you no longer work for the one who employed you when you were hurt on the job, you are still entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. If your employer no longer exists, closed down, moved away, went bankrupt, or its workers’ compensation insurance company went bankrupt, you may still be able to recover workers’ compensation benefits in some cases.

Over the road truck drivers for employers such as, but not limited to, UPS, FedEx, Allied, moving companies, and others, often experience back pain, joint and disc degeneration after years of driving. These may be compensable injuries. STAA cases may exist for truckers refusing to drive while unfit due to injury or illness. Waiting too long to make a claim may cause your rights to recover to be lost.

Tennessee workers compensation law extends to full-time and part-time employees hired in Tennessee, or working in Tennessee, including:

• Anyone who works for a company with 5 or more employees
• All contractors in construction, if they have 1 or more employees
• Anyone who works in mining or the production of coal

Additionally, if you are not owed workers compensation coverage, but your employer has elected to provide it to you, you still have the legal rights that accompany the coverage.

When you are denied a workers compensation right or when you are treated unlawfully because you are exercising your rights, Knoxville workers compensation lawyer William C. Cremins can assist you in matters such as:

• Denial of benefits
• Unfair settlement offers
• Wrongful termination
• Constructive discharge
• Fired in retaliation for filing a claim

Courts don’t take kindly to employers who tell hurt workers that they are being laid off after a Knoxville workers’ compensation claim is asserted.

While there may be some legitimate cases, it may appear to a court that an employee is being Intentionally hurt again by an employer who does not want to provide workers’ compensation benefits as required by law.

Working with a Knoxville Workers Compensation Law Lawyer

When you need to make a choice among Knoxville worker compensation law attorneys, consider Attorney William C. Cremins, who has represented injured workers throughout East Tennessee. You may think that your employer will follow the rules and do the right thing. Maybe a trusted coworker has told you that you will get the full extent of benefits allowed by law, or maybe you are afraid to “rock the boat” at work, because you may lose the security of your job and the friendship of coworkers if you don’t “go along to get along.”

You may believe this so much that you consider accepting an unfair or unlawful situation, because you are dealing with the effects of an injury, or being unable to pay your bills

Knoxville workers' comp lawyer William C. Cremins will guide you through a period of physical and emotional stress by asserting your rights to workers comp.

Attorney William C. Cremins will review the filing and claims process, review relevant documents, apply the law to your doctor’s medical findings and fight for your benefits and rights.

Learn how the law firm of William C. Cremins is different from other Knoxville workers’ comp lawyers. Call 1-866-618-6539 or use our email contact form for a consultation about your on-the-job injury.