Hurt on the job by a third party’s negligence? Beyond workers’ compensation, you may have a separate claim. We find every avenue to full recovery, across Northern Virginia.
Sources: Code of Virginia § 8.01-243; Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act.
Most people hurt at work assume workers’ compensation is all they get. Often that is true. But when someone other than your employer, a negligent contractor, an equipment maker, a property owner, caused the injury, you may have a separate third-party claim that reaches damages workers’ comp does not cover, like full pain and suffering.
Workers’ compensation is meant to cover medical care and a portion of lost wages after a workplace injury, regardless of fault. It is important but limited, and it usually does not include full compensation for pain and suffering.
What many injured workers do not realize is that when a third party, someone other than the employer or a co-worker, caused the injury, a separate claim against that party may be available. Think of a negligent subcontractor on a site, a defective piece of equipment, or a careless driver who hit you while you were working.
We look at the whole picture: we coordinate with your workers’ compensation benefits and pursue every available third-party claim, so you recover everything the law allows, not just the comp minimum.
Schedule a ConsultationWe coordinate with comp and pursue every third-party claim available.
Harm caused by a negligent subcontractor or other party on site.
Machinery and tools that fail and injure workers.
Crashes that happen while you are working for the job.
Dangerous conditions created by another company.
Aligning a third-party claim with your comp benefits.
Pursuing pain and suffering comp does not cover.
We find the third-party claims many workers never knew they had.
Comp and a third-party claim interact. We manage both for you.
A third-party claim can reach pain and suffering comp leaves out.
Subcontractors, equipment makers, drivers, property owners.
Tell us what happened. We listen, explain the legal theory that fits, and lay out your options, at no cost.
We gather evidence, secure records, consult experts, and document the full extent of your injuries and losses.
We present a documented demand and negotiate hard, refusing the lowball offers insurers count on you to accept.
We push for a full recovery and are fully prepared to take your case to a jury if that is what justice requires.
“The biggest thing injured workers miss is that workers’ comp is not always the whole story. Comp is no-fault and limited, it helps with medical bills and some lost wages, but it usually leaves out full pain and suffering. What I look for is the third party: the subcontractor who created the hazard, the company whose equipment failed, the driver who hit you on the job. When someone other than your employer caused the harm, you can often pursue a separate claim against them, and that claim can reach the damages comp never will. Finding that second path is where real recovery often lives.”
Workers’ comp may not be all you are owed. If a third party caused your workplace injury, we pursue that claim too. Serving injured workers across Northern Virginia.