
"We look under the hood of work injury cases and let you see the moving parts of work injury cases up close. It isn't always pretty - but we bring it to you straight. We provide you with great free and useful information so you can understand and win your Third Party Work Injury case. In essence, we give you an insider's view of the work injury law by a Third Party Attorney." California's Leading Third Party Attorney - Bill Turley
In this article a California Third Party Lawyer gives it to you straight.
What is a Third Party Work Injury Case?
As a California Third Party Attorney, one of the questions I am often asked is, "What is a Third Party Work Injury case?" In a nutshell, when you are injured at work you can't sue your employer. Instead, the general rule is worker's compensation benefits are your exclusive remedy against the employer. This is called the "Exclusive Remedy" doctrine.
What this means to you is if you are seriously injured while working you are limited to workers compensation benefits. You can't get civil tort damages from your employer. For instance if you are seriously injured at work due to the negligence of your employer - you still can't sue them. All you can get from your employer under these circumstances is workers' compensation benefits.
You Can Sue Someone Other Than Your Employer
However, if some other person or company is legally responsible for your injuries - then you can sue that person or company. These are called third party cases or third party work injury cases. When you bring a third party case then you are entitled to all civil damages. Meaning pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. In addition, you may be able to recover your full wage loss in a third party case.
The fact of the matter is if you are a seriously injured worker you need to find out whether you have a viable third party case. Trouble is, few workers' compensation lawyers know anything about bringing and winning a third party case. Because of that, we recommend you search for a lawyer that specializes in third party work injury cases. For example, if you do an Internet search, use terms like "San Diego Third Party Lawyer" or "Oakland Third Party Work Injury Attorney."
California's Leading Third Party Lawyers
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2011 Super Lawyer – Workers’ Compensation
Highest Rated Workers’ Compensation Attorney by Avvo.com San Diego San Francisco
Elected President of Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
2011 New York Times Top Attorney
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We don’t mean to suggest the only way someone can be a really good work injury lawyer is to have fantastic ratings, get great reviews, win prestigious lawyer awards, be asked to teach other lawyers about the work injury law at lawyer seminars and be elected to lead lawyer organizations. What these things do mean is that people that do know good lawyers from bad lawyers have chosen us for these honors.
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The Turley Law Firm
626 Broadway, Suite 625
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 234-2833
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The San Diego, California personal injury law firm of The Turley Law Firm serves clients across Southern California area. We give you straight talk about your legal options. We have handled cases from San Diego to Imperial Beach to Oceanside to Escondido to El Cajon, everywhere in between, such as: Alpine, Camp Pendleton, Cardiff, Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, Eastlake, Encinitas, La Mesa, La Costa, La Jolla, Lakeside, Lemon Grove, Mission Bay, NAS San Diego, National City, Naval Station San Diego, North Island, North County, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, Port of San Diego, Poway, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, San Marcos, San Diego Harbor, Santee, Solana Beach, South Bay, Spring Valley, Vista.
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San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619-234-2833
Fax: 619-234-4048
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