can endanger workers<\/a> include radiation, excessive noise, electricity, temperature extremes, infectious diseases and toxic materials.<\/p>\n4. Motor vehicle accidents<\/h2>\n
Employees who work in trucking, transportation or other jobs that involve operating a vehicle may be able to file a personal injury claim against another driver who causes an accident.<\/p>\n
5. Hazardous conditions on someone else\u2019s property<\/h2>\n
Delivery drivers and other workers who frequently visit different commercial or residential properties face the risk of injury if businesses or homeowners fail to keep premises safe. Common hazards include uncleared snow or ice, damaged or uneven walkways and unsecured pets.<\/p>\n
While workers\u2019 compensation provides important coverage for medical bills and a portion of lost wages, it does not compensate for pain and suffering. Pursuing a third-party claim in addition to workers\u2019 comp may help an injured employee receive the full compensation needed to recover physically, financially and emotionally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Workers\u2019 compensation is a no-fault system. Injured employees can receive benefits regardless of whether the employer, a coworker or the employee themselves caused the accident. Because of this, workers generally cannot sue within their own company for work-related injuries. However, a party outside the worker\u2019s company may have caused or contributed to the injury. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amillerlegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amillerlegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amillerlegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amillerlegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amillerlegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.amillerlegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amillerlegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amillerlegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amillerlegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}