Sorting Workers Compensation Claims

Workers compensation systems within each state were set up as the exclusive remedy for work injuries.

As part of that system, employees generally give up the right to sue their employers in tort (such as for negligence), and they instead receive workers compensation benefits for work injuries or occupational diseases that arise out of and in the course of their employment, where fault becomes largely irrelevant.

When working with workers compensation cases, claims professionals, attorneys, employers, judges, vocational professionals, and medical professionals will invariably come across various disability classifications or ways work injuries and workers compensation benefits are valued among different states.

Because each state has its own workers compensation system, it means there are differing laws and methods for determining a temporary or permanent disability and the applicable benefits.