I get this question a lot; “Do I really need to hire an attorney?” The answer is always the same, YES! Even if I was not an attorney, knowing what I know, the answer would still be emphatically YES. Whether it’s Heimerl & Lammers, LLC or somebody else, get an attorney.
Workers’ compensation laws in Minnesota can be extremely complicated. Riddled with rules, cessation events, time limits and exceptions to all of the above, it is easy for an injured worker to get lost in a procedural maze. Unfortunately, if you do not follow the proper procedures, you can miss out on key benefits you are rightfully entitled to and possibly forfeit those benefits forever.
In addition to the risk of missing out on benefits, injured employees are taken a little more seriously when they are backed by a competent attorney. You will find that your wage loss and medical bills get paid just a little bit quicker when you have an attorney on your side. Attorneys are also able to negotiate higher overall compensation than an employee can do on their own.
For those of you who are still not convinced and think they will save some money by not hiring an attorney, I saved the best part for last. A Minnesota workers’ compensation attorney is FREE unless one of two things happen:
- there is a dispute over benefits
- said attorney recovers money for you
If a dispute arises, there is already a problem with your case and in most cases you are not receiving benefits you are rightfully entitled to. It is unlikely you will recover those benefits on your own, which means without an attorney you will likely receive nothing. With an attorney in your back pocket, they can quickly spring to action and get some if not all those benefits back. If there is no dispute, you don’t pay anything. You get free help and advice whenever you want at no cost. Where is the down side in that?
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