Texas Workers’ Comp Deadlines You Should Know

Abbott & Associates L.L.C. has represented many clients throughout their work injury cases. Our attorneys will take care of filing paperwork, following up on your claim and ensuring you meet all Texas workers’ compensation deadlines. Call today to schedule a consultation to learn more.
There are many different deadlines that you need to be aware of throughout the process of making a workers’ compensation claim.

For example, some of the different Texas workers’ compensation deadlines include:

• 30 days to make a report of your injury to your employer. You should make a report within 30 days of the time when the accident happened or when you were diagnosed with a workplace illness or injury. The sooner you can make your claim, the easier it may be to prove the injury was work related.
• 90 days to dispute an Impairment Rating, which may come from a treating doctor; designated doctor; referral doctor or required medical examiner. Your impairment rating may be used to determine the amount of compensation benefits you receive as well as whether you are entitled to supplemental income benefits.
• 10 days to dispute a denial of a request to change your doctor, or to dispute a denial of a request to extend your Maximum Medical Improvement after undergoing a spinal surgery.
• Seven days to submit a Supplemental Income Benefits application. These must be submitted each quarter, seven days before the quarter begins.
• 10 days to respond to a request by the insurance carrier to undergo a Required Medical Exam.
• 15 days to appeal a decision that is made in a Contested Case hearing.
• 20 days after a benefits review conference to agree to arbitration or decline arbitration.
• 30 Days after an appeal decision is made to request a judge in state district court review the case.

These are just some of the different deadlines that you need to meet. It is very important that you do not miss any deadline or you could end up jeopardizing the ability to get the benefits you deserve.

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How to Get More Money From A Texas Workers Comp Case

Increasing Your Temporary Income Benefits (TIBS)

Your Temporary Income Benefits (TIBS) are what most people refer to as a “comp check.”  These are the checks that you receive for up to 104 weeks when unable to work.  Insurance companies often figure these Comp Checks too low or in their favor.  Does this surprise you?  Call us and see if your Comp check is too low.  Your weekly check is supposed to be calculated on 13 weeks of wages before your date of accident, including overtime and any job benefits that have stopped.  If you worked less than 40 hours during any of these 13 weeks, we may be able to exclude those weeks.  If you were employed for less than 13 weeks, your Comp check should be calculated on a "same or similar" employee working for at least 13 weeks, using his pay and benefits.

Increase Your Impairment Income Benefits (IIBS)

Impairment Income Benefits (IIBS) start if you receive an impairment rating.  When IIBS start TIBS permanently stop.  IIBS benefits are less than TIBS and you should never rush into getting an impairment rating because you will cut your comp check, sometimes significantly.  However, the most important thing is to make sure that your TIBS check is the correct amount and that you are not being underpaid for Temporary Income Benefits.  Once your average weekly wage is established it will be used for TIBS benefits, IIBS benefits and SIBS benefits.  Your treating doctor is very important in establishing your impairment rating, and if you make a bad choice of treating doctors, you will suffer in loss of income due to a low impairment rating and from inadequate medical care.  Sometimes it’s the injured workers that make the mistake of choosing the wrong doctor out of ignorance or loyalty to a family doctor.  It is always a mistake to go to a doctor for a workers comp injury without consulting a workers compensation lawyer.

Increase Your Supplemental Income Benefits (SIBS)

Supplemental Income Benefits (SIBS) are paid to injured workers whose impairment rating is at least 15%.  Here again, it is of utmost importance to get help in choosing your doctor for a workers compensation injury.  Supplemental Income Benefits can be paid up to 401 weeks and this usually involves more comp payments.

Collect Unpaid and Underpaid Comp (TIBS, IIBS & SIBS)

If your Texas Workers Compensation Check is less than the maximum rate, there’s always a chance you are being underpaid by the Workers Comp Insurance Carrier.  How could this happen?  First of all, your employer must furnish correct wage information to the insurance carrier and calculate your average weekly wage based on a Texas Department of Insurance, Workers Compensation Division formula.  It’s very complicated and in our experience they seem to almost always make a mistake in their favor and not in the workers’ favor.  We will leave the conclusion of this to you.  Call us and we will calculate what you should be receiving, right over the phone, in just a few minutes. This is free and there is no obligation at all.  We will even do this for you anonymously.


Original source: http://www.workerscomp.com/how-to-get-more-money-from-a-texas-workers-comp-case/

Protect yourself in Workers Compensation Cases

It is extremely important that you protect yourself from the insurance carrier and insurance carrier doctors when you file for workers’ compensation.  Once you report an injury to your employer, your employer should notify its workers’ compensation insurance carrier.  A representative from the insurance company, called an Adjuster, will contact you to get information from you regarding your injury.  Usually they will want to take a recorded statement.  This is when the Adjuster asks you questions regarding the injury and records your conversation over the phone.  You should not give a recorded statement without first consulting a workers’ compensation attorney. An attorney at Abbott & Associates will go over your claim with you in detail prior to you speaking with an adjuster.

We will make sure you are fully prepared to answer questions regarding your injury and all other questions that Adjusters commonly asks when conducting a recorded statement.  The insurance carrier uses a recorded statement against an injured worker to catch them in a misstatement.
For example, if asked about your work incident and injuries and you do not mention every single body parts you injure or if you leave out a specific detail regarding how you injured yourself or a past injury you sustained, the carrier will use it against you in your claim to state you were not being truthful and trying to hide an important fact or lie about it.  This comes into play when you go before a Judge. If any part of the claim is being disputed and calls into question your credibility, any misstatement or error from your recorded statement will be used against you.

Further, the Adjuster will try to discuss with you options about choosing a doctor.  Many times adjusters will want to send you to their doctors that they know to perform a cursory examination; maybe perform an x-ray (which only evaluate broken bones not soft tissue, ligament, or spinal cord injuries, which are seen using a MRI) and try to return you back to work immediately without any additional testing or examinations.

Our firm will protect you and make sure you choose to treat with a doctor that has your best interest at heart and wants to help you with your injuries, not just send you back to work as soon as possible without providing the proper treatment to save the insurance carrier money.  The Adjuster will also try to assign a nurse case manager to handle your claim.  You should not let a nurse case manager choose a doctor for you or attend any appointments with you.

The nurse case manager is an employee of the insurance carrier who is hired to assist in getting you in and out of treatment as quickly as possible to end your case.  They try to push the doctors to release you back to work even if you are not capable or ready to go back. Our firm will communicate with the nurse case manager to get the necessary treatment approved by the carrier and limit communication between the nurse case manager and the doctor.  

Finally, at the beginning of a claim you are mailed a medical release authorization from the insurance carrier to sign and return.  This authorization will allow the Carrier to get a copy of all of your medical records from any doctor you have ever treated with, not just for the current workers’ compensation injury.  You absolutely want to consult with an attorney at our firm prior to signing this or any other document to release information to the carrier.  
Original source: http://www.workerscomp.com/protect-yourself/

Texas Workers’ Compensation Injuries – Are You Being Watched?

As an injured worker you may think to yourself, why in the world would someone follow me? Well the insurance company wants to try and catch you doing something beyond your restrictions so that they can cut off your benefits.

Many times the investigators record injured workers unloading groceries; and although those groceries may just be bread loafs and eggs, the insurance adjuster will try to say that the injured worker's ability to unload groceries shows that his back injury is not severe.

The injured worker knows the groceries were not heavy, but that will not stop the insurance company from stopping the benefits.

If you have been injured on the job do not wait until your benefits are cut off, contact a worker's comp attorney and go over what rights you have under the Texas Worker's Compensation Act.

As long as an injured worker is not doing anything beyond the restrictions their doctor gave them there should be no basis for the insurance company to cut off benefits, and as such an experienced worker's comp attorney can communicate with the insurance company and fight to continue an injured worker's benefits.

If the insurance carrier continues to dispute an injured worker's right to benefit the attorney can file a request for a hearing so that a mediator can try to facilitate a resolution.

If no resolution is possible then the case will get set for a trial and the attorney can present the case to a judge and show how despite the investigator's surveillance video the injured worker is owed benefits.

Original source: http://www.workerscomp.com/texas-workers-compensation-injuries-are-you-being-watched/

What to Do After a Texas Workers’ Compensation Injury

In a Texas Workers' Compensation claim, you only have 30 days to report a work related injury. however, if you wait a week or two before reporting your injury, the insurance carrier will more than likely question the gap in time in the reporting and question your credibility as to when the injury took place.

It is very important that you notify your employer that you injured yourself as soon as you realize it and document it in writing regardless of whether you think you will get better without medical attention because if your injury continues to get worse or it ends up being more severe than you initially thought, at least you have reported it within the initial 30 days of injuring yourself, so you are not barred from pursuing treatment and benefits under Texas Workers' Compensation.

You have a right to seek medical treatment with the doctor of your choice, as long as the doctor will take a workers' compensation claim.

While many of these doctors are company doctors, an attorney at Abbott & Associates will help you choose a doctor, whether it be in-network or non-network, that we know who will work for you to get you the best treatment for your injuries.

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Workers Compensation Attorneys Texas

Thousands of workers are injured or even killed every year in Texas and throughout the rest of the United States. A workplace injury can mean expensive medical bills and days away from work. In some cases, a workplace injury can even lead to the end of a career and make it difficult to support yourself and your family after the injury happens.

Texas law provides protection to workers who are hurt on-the-job. Depending upon whether your employer has workers’ compensation insurance coverage or not, you may be able to file a lawsuit or make a benefits claim through an employer’s workers’ compensation insurer.   Abbott & Associates LLC represents clients after a work injury, helping those who have been hurt to understand their rights and use the legal system to ensure they get the compensation they deserve. Call today to schedule a free consultation with a Houston workers’ compensation lawyer to learn more.

Your rights under Texas Workers compensation
In Texas, employers have the option of participating in the Texas workers’ compensation insurance system or not. Many employers participate and buy insurance coverage for workers because participation protects the employer from liability. If your employer has bought workers’ compensation insurance for you, then you may not file a lawsuit against your employer after a work injury except in limited circumstances such as if your employer intentionally hurt you.

There is an option in Texas, that employers can have participating in the Texas workers’ compensation insurance system or not. Many employers participate and buy insurance coverage for workers because participation protects the employer from liability. If your employer has bought workers’ compensation insurance for you, then you may not file a lawsuit against your employer after a work injury except in limited circumstances such as if your employer intentionally hurt you.

In order to receive workers’ compensation benefits in Texas, you simply need to demonstrate that you got hurt or sick as a direct result of work duties. You should report your injury to your employer and should receive benefits including:
•    Payment of medical bills and expenses.
•    Wage loss payments
•    Temporary or permanent benefits for full or partial disability
•    Death benefits if a loved one was killed at work
If your employer tries to deny you any of the benefits you deserve or denies your work injury claim, you need to talk to a Texas workers’ compensation lawyer right away.

Original source: http://www.workerscomp.com/workers-compensation-attorneys/

How to Pursue Claim in Wrongful Death due to Defective Drugs or Device

Medical drug and medical device manufacturers have an obligation to put their products through rigorous testing in order to ensure that the products are safe for consumers.  The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to require extensive evidence of a medical product’s safety before approving it for sale. Unfortunately, there are loopholes in FDA rules and there are situations where manufacturers don’t always do what they are supposed to before they allow consumers to begin using medical products. When a drug or a device turns out to be dangerous, the product can have a severe adverse consequence on the health of patients.Patients who are harmed or those who lose loved ones due to defective drugs or devices can take legal action and pursue a claim for wrongful death or personal injury.
Abbott & Associates L.L.C. is accepting cases for those harmed by recalled drugs and medical devices.  Regardless of where you live, call today to speak with our defective products lawyers.  You may be entitled to significant compensation for your illness or injury. Recalled Drugs and Medical Devices Manufacturers are strictly liable for all medical products and devices that they sell to the public. This means that any time a device or drug has an unexpected side effect or causes harm to a patient through it use, the manufacturer can be held legally responsible for the consequences. Strict liability rules are supposed to encourage manufacturers to be extremely careful to ensure that all products released are safe.  FDA regulations are also supposed to keep dangerous products from being sold. Unfortunately, many manufacturers bring medical devices to the market under the FDA’s 501(K) clearance program,  This program allows for a device to be brought to the market with minimal or no testing because it is substantially similar to a product already for sale. The problem is, even when a product is voluntarily recalled, it can still serve as the basis for obtaining 501(K) approval.  This has led to many defective devices flooding the marketplace, including transvaginal mesh and metal-on-metal hip implants. Any time a product comes to the marketplace and turns out to have a problem, either the manufacturer or the FDA can institute a recall.  Recalls can occur even on products that have gone through the regular FDA clearance process, although the fast-tracked approval has led to a huge number or product recalls in recent years. When a recall occurs, the public is alerted to the problem. More instructions or warnings may be issued, and the product may be pulled from the market, depending upon the circumstances. Unfortunately, many people usually have already used the defective medical drug or device by the time the recall occurs.
Your Rights if You Used a Recalled Drug or Device If you used a drug or a medical device that has caused you harm, you have the right to take legal action and hold the drug or device manufacturer accountable. The recall of a drug or device can frequently alert many patients to the fact that the health problems they are experiencing are linked to a product they used. As a result, many recalls prompt mass torts like class actions or multidistrict litigations that make it possible for many thousands of injured patients to all pursue claims. Before you join a class action or otherwise take legal action, you need to talk to a lawyer and understand your rights. Contact Abbott & Associates L.L.C. if you were using a medical product or drug that has been recalled.

How to take legal action & pursue a claim for wrongful death or personal injury, due to defective drugs or devices? Just Visit workerscomp.com OR Call at 888-434-COMP

Original source: http://www.workerscomp.com/recalled-drugs-and-medical-device-lawsuits-houston-tx/

How Your Workers Comp Doctor Impacts Your Benefits

After a work injury, you will need a “treating doctor” who provides you with medical care, coordinates treatment and takes care of compliance with workers’ compensation requirements.  Your doctor not only needs to help you recover from your injuries, but also will play an instrumental role in determining the type of workers’ compensation benefits you receive. As a result, it is essential that you choose your physician wisely.
Your employer or the workers’ compensation may try to pressure you to choose a physician that acts in the company’s best interests rather than focusing on what is right for you. This can have a detrimental effect on your long-term prognosis as well as on the workers’ compensation benefits you receive.

How Your Workers Comp Doctor Impacts Your Benefits
In addition to providing you with basic medical care, your doctor also does a lot of other things for you when you have suffered a work injury. For example, your treating physician will make decisions on:

• What medical tests you need. Your treating physician must recommend you undergo a medical test in order for it to be paid for by workers’
• What specialists you should see. Workers’ compensation medical benefits should pay for 100 percent of treatment you need, including seeing specialists. Your treating doctor should make sure you get the professional care you need.
• When you are cleared to return to work, and whether you should be on light duty. If you are cleared to return to your old job or to a light duty position, then your disability benefits will end. It is imperative you are not cleared to return to work too soon.
• What temporary or permanent work restrictions apply. If your employer offers you a light duty job or a job you can do with restrictions, your disability benefits are reduced. As a result, you want to ensure your doctor is thorough when determining what limitations you have.
• What your impairment rating is. Your impairment rating determines the income you receive through workers’ compensation, and whether you are eligible for supplemental income benefits.

At Abbott & Associates L.L.C. our experienced Texas workers’ compensation lawyers will help you to ensure you have a good doctor who is looking out for you. We will fight to make sure you get the full workers’ compensation benefits you deserve, including all necessary medical treatment.

Original source: http://www.workerscomp.com/good-doctors-houston-tx/

How to Dispute the Insurance Carrier’s Decision in a Texas Workers’ Comp Case?

“An injured worker is entitled to apply for workers’ compensation benefits in the state of Texas if the workers’ employer is a participant in the workers’ comp benefits program.”

An injured worker is entitled to apply for workers’ compensation benefits in the state of Texas if the workers’ employer is a participant in the workers’ comp benefits program. Workers’ compensation is a state-regulated insurance program, which means that there are strict rules regarding worker rights. There are also rules regarding the benefits available to an employee who has suffered a work injury or become sick due to work tasks.

When an employee is not happy with the decision made by the workers’ comp insurance carrier, there is an appeals process that can be followed. Employees may get help resolving any type of dispute related to workers’ compensation benefits. The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation helps to facilitate dispute resolution. Therefore, if an injured worker is not happy with decisions made by the insurance carrier, it is possible to seek relief by going through the dispute resolution process of the Division of Workers’ Compensation.

An experienced Houston, TX workers’ compensation lawyer can assist with every phase of the appeals process in order to help workers get the benefits that they need and deserve. If the insurance carrier has denied workers’ compensation benefits to which you are entitled, contact an experienced attorney today.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE INITIAL DETERMINATION OF YOUR WORKERS’ COMP CASE
There are actually several different stages of review that are part of the dispute resolution process when you and the employer’s insurer disagree about either your eligibility for workers’ comp benefits or about the types of benefits that you should be receiving.

For example, when a dispute arises, you can ask for a benefit review conference (BRC). A BRC is held at a Division of Workers’ Compensation Office and the conference is presided over by a Benefit Review Officer who works for the Texas Department of Insurance. The meeting is an informal one attended by you and the insurance company to give you an opportunity to come to a resolution of a disagreement. A BRC can resolve a wide variety of different issues, including disputes over medical fees.

After this BRC, if disagreements about benefits remain, you can choose to resolve the ongoing disagreements by having your case heard at a Contested Case Hearing (CCH) is held after a BRC. This is a more formal hearing than the BRC. A Hearing Officer from the Division of Workers’ Compensation presides over the hearing and is asked to make a decision on any disputed issues not resolved at the BRC. You are notified of the decision later in writing after the Contested Case Hearing.

If you are dissatisfied with the decision that was made by the hearing officer, the next step is to ask the appeals panel to review the prior decisions that were made. You do not have to attend another hearing before the appeals panel, which is still a part of the Division of Workers’ Compensation. Instead, written arguments are submitted explaining your position about why the prior decisions were wrong.

The Appeals Panel will review the written arguments, the record from the Contested Case Hearing, and the written decision made by the hearing officer. If it determines that there were errors made in the handling of your case and the decision made on the disputed issues, then you may get a different outcome to your case than what the hearing officer had chosen. A written decision will be issued by the Appeals panel explaining the outcome of your appeal. This is the last phase of appeals that is handled internally by the Division of Workers’ Compensation.

If you are still not satisfied with what the workers’ comp board has done, you can request judicial review. This takes the case out of the purview of the Division of Workers’ Compensation for the first time and it puts it before a judge. The judge does not just substitute his or her own opinions about the case- the judge will look at what was done before and will consider whether any errors were made that had an adverse impact on the outcome of your case.

It is important to have legal representation throughout the appeals process, as it can be very complicated to get decisions by the workers’ comp board overturned. An experienced attorney can help you throughout the process so you can protect your rights.

Abbott & Associates, LLC, is a Plaintiff Personal Injury Law Firm in Houston, offering services for workers' compensation matters throughout Texas.

They do not represent companies or insurance carriers. The primary focus is on Workers’ Compensation claims and maritime injuries. They represent injured works before every field office in the state of Texas and have handled more Workers’ Compensation claims than any other plaintiff Firm in the state. Firm handles the largest volume of Workers Compensation claims for injured workers in the state.

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Job Security after A Texas Workers Comp Injury

Job security is an issue for everyone, but after you have suffered an injury at work then protecting your job becomes even more important. Your employer and workers’ compensation insurer may have an incentive to try to force you to go back to work before you are ready in order to reduce the benefits they are paying you. Your employer may even be looking for reasons to fire you so that your disability benefits can stop.

It is important that you know your rights and protect yourself so you do not lose your livelihood and the workers’ compensation benefits you depend upon. One of the best ways to ensure that you do not lose your job because of your work injury is to have a lawyer in your corner.

How to get Security in Protecting Job, after a Workers Comp Injury
After a work injury, you should receive wage loss benefits if you are not able to return to work for a period of time. Your employer cannot fire you for making a workers’ compensation claim or for being unable to come in to work as a result of your illness or injury.

Unfortunately, sometimes a doctor- especially one chosen by your employer- will release you to return to work before you are actually ready to resume job tasks. If this happens and you are not productive or effective at your job, your employer may try to build up reasons to fire you for cause.  If you are being pressured to go back to work when you don’t feel right, you need to get a Texas workers compensation lawyer to assist you so you don’t end up being forced to do a job you cannot do.

In some cases, your doctor may say that you can do some work but that you will be on restricted duty or light duty. When you are cleared to work, but with restrictions, your employer has the option but not obligation to offer you a job you can do with your limitations. If your employer offers you work, your benefits will be reduced based on what the job pays. This is true regardless of whether you actually accept the work or not.  When the wages on this light duty job are lower, you should receive partial lost wages benefits to make up a portion of the difference between pre and post injury wages.

However, if you go back to work on light duty, your employer may not respect the restrictions your doctor has imposed on you- which can affect your ability to do your work. This is another situation where, having a Texas workers’ compensation lawyer becomes very important for your job security as well as for your health.

Abbott & Associates L.L.C. is widely regarded as having a tough reputation for fighting for our clients. We can fight to ensure your employer does not take away your job security because you happened to get hurt or sick due to your work.

Original source: http://www.workerscomp.com/job-security-houston-tx/

Texas Workers Comp Benefits for Injured Workers

There are a variety of different types of compensation benefits available to you after a workplace injury. If you can show you are sick or hurt because of your job, you should receive:

•    Medical coverage. All necessary medical treatment to treat your workplace injury or illness should be covered. You may also be able to secure coverage for adaptive medical devices, nursing care, and transportation to medical appointments.
•    Income benefits. If your injury has reduced earning ability or has caused you to be unable to work, you should receive temporary or ongoing compensation benefits to provide for yourself and your family. Your income benefits may be based on your average weekly wages before you got hurt, as well as your level of impairment, depending upon the type of benefits you are receiving.

In the event that a worker is killed on the job, his or her surviving family members will also receive compensation benefits. These benefits include:

•    Burial expenses: Workers’ compensation should provide coverage for at least a portion of the deceased’s funeral and burial.
•    Death benefits: Death benefits cover a part of the income that the deceased is no longer able to contribute to the family due to his untimely death.

These compensation benefits should be available as long as your employer purchased workers’ compensation insurance and as long as you can show that the injury or death is due to your job. You can recover compensation benefits both after an accident and if you were exposed to chemicals or toxins that made you sick. You may also receive compensation benefits for things like repetitive stress injuries and accidents off-site. Abbott & Associates LLC will help you to prove you are entitled to compensation benefits if you have a covered workplace injury or illness.

Getting Legal Help – Texas Workers Comp Benefits

Compensation benefits are supposed to provide for you and ensure you do not face financial problems due to getting hurt because of work.  Unfortunately, you may have a legitimate claim for benefits denied or the workers’ compensation insurer may try to deny you some of the benefits you deserve. Call today to speak with Houston, TX work injury lawyer who will do everything possible to help you get the benefits you deserve.

Original source: http://www.workerscomp.com/comp-benefits-houston-tx/

Workers Compensation Texas Law & Attorneys

Have you heard the sayings “Knowledge is Power” and “Ignorance of the law is no excuse?” You must already understand these concepts or you wouldn’t be reading this website. You must realize that you’re at a disadvantage because your employer and the insurance company know so much more about Workers’ Comp than you. In Workers’ Comp, there are two sides. On one side is the insurance company, adjusters, supervisors, managers, investigators, lawyers and doctors. Your employer is also on the insurance company’s side with their lawyers and doctors. On the other side there is you. The sides aren’t fair, are they?

Workers Comp in Texas
If you are injured on the job and have to miss time from you work, your experience through a workers’ compensation (or in some states, “workman’s” compensation) system can be a nightmare. This will be one of the most difficult journeys you will go through. Typically, workers’ compensation programs are administrated by unsympathetic administrative agencies, bureaucracies, doctors, insurance adjusters, and in some cases insurance defense attorneys (most of whom will be lined up to delay or even prevent your medical recovery and reduce your earning capability).

Even though workers’ compensation law practice varies from state to state, the need for an attorney does not. Attorneys can help make sure that you receive all the income and medical benefits that you are entitled to.

The income you receive is usually a percentage of your earnings prior to your injury. If you believe that you are not getting the maximum amount allowed by your state then you should call an attorney.

You can even up the sides a little by learning as much as possible about the law. By reading this website, you will learn about Workers’ Comp. You can learn even more by calling or visiting Abbott & Associates LLC. We will talk to you over the telephone or in our office while you are making up your mind about whether or not to get help from a lawyer. Don’t hesitate to call Abbott & Associates LLC, at 713-223-1234 even if it just to ask a question.

Original source: http://www.workerscomp.com/texas-workers-compensation/