West Virginia Work Accident Lawyer

Top Rated Charleston, WV Work Injury Attorney

All West Virginia Employers have a duty to provide their workers with a safe work environment. If an employer breaches this duty and an employee is injured as a result, that employee may be entitled to Workers’ Compensation benefits plus money from a separate personal injury claim.  The injured worker maybe entitled to sue for personal injury damages and recover compensation for lost wages, pain and suffering, medical bills, reduction in earning capacity, and past and future medical care.

Accidents at work that cause serious personal injuries can devastate a family, both financially and emotionally. Workers’ compensation benefits are designed to provide temporary financial assistance but are grossly inadequate to support a family when the injury is serious or involves a fatality.  Now that Worker’s Compensation Insurance is handled by private corporations such as Brickstreet, West Virginia employees injured at work now often even receive less compensation than before.  Fortunately, West Virginia law provides additional recovery when an employee is involved in an accident at work that was the result of an employer’s “deliberate intent.”

West Virginia Work Injuries and “Deliberate Intent”

An employee injured at work be able to recover compensation for his or her injuries with a deliberate intent claim if he can prove his employer deliberately injured him or if he can prove five statutory elements, which include whether he was injured by a dangerous work condition that his employer knew about.

West Virginia law applicable to injuries and accident that happen at work is a complex area of personal injury law.  Therefore, if you’re injured on the job, it’s important to hire a lawyer who is experienced and skilled in handling work accident claims as soon as possible.  To learn more about whether you may be able to recover money damages as a result of being injured on the job, contact an experienced work accident lawyer at West Law Offices for a free consultation.

We represent clients in deliberate intent cases that involve all types of serious injury including injuries caused by the following:

• Mining Accidents
• Construction Site Accidents
• Falls / Burns / Explosions / Crushes
• Exposure to Toxic Substances
• Industrial Equipment and Machinery Accidents
• Occupational Lung Disease
• Defective Equipment Including Defective Safety Equipment
• Failure to Follow Safety Rules

West Virginia’s Lawyer for Injured Workers

If you or a family member has been injured by a fall at work, a mining disaster, a construction accident, or any other dangerous work condition, we can help you recover compensation for your injuries and help make West Virgina jobs safer for allr.  Contact a West Virginia work accident attorney at West Law Offices for a free evaluation of your case.  Call us TOLL FREE 24 hours a day/7 days per week 1-877-943-WEST/1-877-943-9378.  West Law Offices is a personal injury employment law firm located in Charleston, West Virginia, and we proudly serve Beckley, Logan, Huntington, and all of West Virginia. If you can’t come to us, we will come to you.