Your work related injury or illness can alter your life in ways you might never have imagined. You try to make due while you are unable to work. You may get frustrated because you don’t understand (or given wrong information) about what to do after you suffer a work-related injury. You need assistance and you need it fast.

At the Berlin, New Jersey based Doner & Castro, we understand your frustration and will work with you to file claim petitions to obtain benefits you may not even know about. Part of working within the workers’ compensation system is knowing it – we want our clients to have the information tohelp their claim or appeal to go through. To find out more about workers’ compensation in New Jersey, read on or contact a workers’ comp lawyer at Doner & Castro.

Workers' Compensation
Overview and History

US employers and their employees rely on our dependable workers' compensation system to resolve disputes about vocational injuries and disease and to provide for related worker needs. Workers' compensation benefits are commonly awarded for work-related injury, illness and death, helping to meet the needs of injured workers and their families even when faced with overwhelming situations. If you or your family member is injured or becomes sick in the course of employment, an experienced and skilled workers' compensation lawyer from our firm can assess your potential workers' compensation claim...Read More

Employer Retaliation against the Workers' Comp Claimant

Workers' compensation is sometimes viewed as a compromise between employees and employers: workers give up the right to sue for large awards in court in exchange for certain and timely, albeit relatively lower, reimbursement for work-related injuries and illnesses. Employers accept responsibility for these injuries and illnesses even if they are not at fault, but they no longer have to worry about being tied up in court and potentially liable for large verdicts...Read More

Workers' Compensation
Death Benefits

In addition to workers' compensation benefits for workers for their job-related injuries and illnesses, if such maladies ultimately result in death, certain survivors have the right to receive death benefits through their states' workers' compensation systems. If you are the family member or dependent of an employee who died from an injury or sickness incurred in the course of his or her employment, a knowledgeable workers' compensation attorney can advise you about workers' compensation death benefits...Read More

Rather than Collecting Workers' Compensation, May I Bring a Lawsuit Against My Employer?

Workers' compensation is usually the only legal remedy for an employee injured or sickened in the course of employment. The public policy behind workers' compensation envisions a bargain between employers and employees in which workers give up the right to sue their employers in court in exchange for the guaranty of workers' compensation benefits. This reduces tension in the workplace by creating a predictable method for resolving employer-employee conflict. Although workers' compensation awards tend to be smaller than those in lawsuits, employees are not left without support during drawn-out court proceedings with unsure outcomes...Read More