What Happens if You Get Injured in the Workplace?

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so if you’re injured in the workplace of
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course workers compensation is going to
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apply which is a no fault compensation
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system so you don’t have to prove that
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somebody did anything wrong but
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frequently there are other um sources of
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uh money that are available to you from
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third-party litigation so although you
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are injured at work perhaps the
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equipment you were working on was
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maintained by a third-party vendor or
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per perhaps there is some other company
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that’s doing the maintenance and
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cleaning and sweeping the floors or
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perhaps there’s even another company
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that’s inspecting the area that you’re
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working in so it’s important to involve
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an attorney even in a worker’s
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compensation claim to ensure that you
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can look at all these other potential
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sources of liability to maximize your
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recovery