Delivery Driver Injury Lawyer

As a worker in the state who suffered harm while on the clock and doing your regular job, you have the right to open a worker’s comp claim to help cover the cost of your medical care and lost income. You have only 30 days from the date of the workplace injury to contact the worker’s comp program and open the claim for coverage of the injury incident. Once the claim is opened, you can receive full payment of your medical expenses from the workplace injury, up to $1M in total coverage. Workers who are unable to work while healing can also receive up to 60% of their regular weekly income from the program, as well as other long-term payments for permanent limitations or disabilities caused by accident injuries. The staff at DTLA Law Group can assist you in opening a worker’s comp claim if your employer is not assisting you or has tried to stop you from opening a claim, which is against the program’s policies.

All public and private property owners are legally obligated to maintain the property in a safe condition. If you suffered a slip and fall because a property was in disrepair or neglected, which created the safety hazard that caused you to slip or trip and fall, you could have grounds for a personal injury lawsuit against the property owner. There are many details about the property and the incident that you will want to relate to your DTLA Law Group delivery driver injury lawyer as they evaluate the case and help you understand if you have grounds to sue the owner or if you would be better suited to use the benefits from workers compensation to cover your losses. You can also use some of the benefits from worker’s compensation and sue the property owner for expenses and losses that are not covered under the worker’s comp program. Please contact DTLA Law Group to learn more about your options.

Dog bite injuries can be severe as the animal can cause significant damage to soft tissue, nerves, and bone. In addition, there is always the possibility that the dog’s saliva will cause a serious infection or disease that could require extensive medical care. As the victim of a dog bite injury while working as a delivery driver, you should know that California is a strict liability state, meaning in most cases, the dog’s owner is responsible for any harm caused by the animal. This makes it very easy to sue the owner of the dog that bit you to secure compensation for your lost income, medical bills, and other expenses caused by the incident.

However, if the dog is a stray or you cannot find the owner, you can use worker’s compensation benefits to cover up to $1,000,000 in medical care as well as part of your lost income. This can be vital as the cost of treatment could become costly if the dog is sick or carrying rabies or other diseases. Please reach out to DTLA Law Group to learn more about how to best handle a case involving a dog bite while working as a delivery driver. 

Victims of personal injuries will need to gather all the documents that confirm the expenses and losses they suffered due to their injuries so they can be used in the valuation process for their lawsuit. The court will base the compensation awarded on the actual losses and expenses instead of a predetermined amount. The items that are most often used in these cases include but are not always limited to:

• The replacement cost of any personal property that was damaged or destroyed in the injury incident
• The cost of all legal services to prepare, file, and litigate your delivery driver injury lawsuit
• The cost of all current and projected medical care needed for the harm suffered in the injury incident as well as fees for any therapy or counseling to address the stress, trauma, and emotional issues caused by the incident and your injuries
• Your lost income if the harm suffered prevents you from working as a delivery driver until you are fully healed and medically cleared to return to your job

Victims should also understand that they cannot receive duplicate compensation from worker’s comp and a lawsuit. So, if you take the coverage for your medical bills from the worker’s comp program, they cannot be included in the amount of compensation sought from the lawsuit. But if you receive 60% of your regular weekly income from worker’s comp for the time you could not work, you can seek the additional 40% worker’s comp did not pay you as part of your lawsuit compensation.

As stated, you have only 30 days from the date of the workplace injuries to open a worker’s compensation claim. However, you have two years from the date of the incident to file a personal injury lawsuit with the court. If the case is not filed when the time limit expires, you will lose the right to pursue legal action regarding this matter. Please contact DTLA Law Group to discuss your options for resolving these expenses and losses and the time remaining to use each option available to you.

When you choose to work with DTLA Law Group, you will be pleased to learn that we never charge any upfront legal fees or expenses that could prevent clients from being able to hire our staff. We understand that many victims face significant money issues because of their injuries and cannot afford the cost of hiring an expert legal team. As a result, many struggle for years or longer to pay off medical debt caused by someone else’s negligence.

Our firm only gets paid after the case is completed, and you have the compensation that includes funds to cover your legal costs and other expenses, so there is never any added stress or out-of-pocket costs for you. In addition, if your delivery driver injury lawyer fails to win the lawsuit and get you the compensation you need to cover costs and expenses, you owe DTLA Law Group nothing. This is our pledge to all personal injury victims to ensure they can get the compensation that is owed to them for harm and losses caused by another person. Please contact our team today to learn more.

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