Workers’ Compensation

Our workers compensation attorneys are here to help if you have been injured on the job. There are many areas of your life a work-related injury can affect. Being out of work can cause many hardships on a family which just adds more worry and frustration on top of the pain of the injury.

Injuries happen at work or even while running an errand for the boss. You may be eligible for medical expenses, wage loss replacement, and other benefits, including payment, for your permanent injury. You have the right to file a claim—no matter who told you differently.

At Goldman Davis Krumholz & Dillon, P.C., our workers compensation attorneys represent injured workers of all types in Bergen and Hudson Counties and throughout New Jersey. We offer a comprehensive range of legal services in matters ranging from work accident cases to retaliatory firings and repetitive stress syndrome. We appear in workers compensation courts every day to obtain benefits for our clients.

Workers compensation benefits you may be entitled to after an injury include:

Medical benefits – 100 percent coverage for all necessary and reasonable treatment, including prescription medications provided this is authorized by your employer or its insurance company

Temporary total disability benefits – up to 70 percent wage replacement for any disabling job injury lasting more than a week, benefits continue until you are able to return to work or until further medical treatment will not improve your condition

Permanent partial disability benefits – compensation for “scheduled and non-scheduled” losses based upon the type and severity of the job injury

Permanent total disability benefits – up to 70 percent wage replacement lasting a minimum of 450 weeks for workers whose injuries are so severe that they cannot hold any gainful employment

Death benefits – funeral expenses and up to 70 percent wage replacement for dependents of deceased workers and a payment towards funeral expenses

Over Half a Century Dedicated to Employee Rights

We understand the emotional, physical and financial price you pay when suffering from a work injury. We are here to help you get the compensation you need and deserve