Most Atlantic City employers must carry workers’ compensation insurance to protect their employees against the costs of work-related injury or illness and any resulting disability. Employees must file a workers’ comp claim with their employer’s workers’ comp insurance carrier to receive benefits. Workers’ compensation covers two-thirds of an employee’s wages and some medical costs. In most cases, employees cannot sue their employers for a work-related injury.
Consult an experienced Atlantic City spinal cord injury attorney about your rights after getting hurt on the job. Sometimes spinal cord injury victims can seek damages from a third party whose actions led to them getting hurt. For example, if you fell at a construction site or got in a car accident in a company vehicle, you may have legal rights to seek compensation from parties other than your employer for causing your spinal cord injury.