Construction Accident Lawyer Houston, TX
Construction Accident Lawyer Houston, TX
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Construction workers get hurt on the job every day in the U.S. Many of these injurious incidents are caused by unsafe working conditions. Some are caused by circumstances that could have been prevented with a little forethought. Still others result from what can only be described as “bad luck.” If you’ve recently been injured while working in the construction industry, it is important to understand that you may be entitled to significant compensation at this time, even if you were totally to blame for your injuries and even if no one was to blame for what happened to you. The reputable and trusted legal team at John K. Zaid & Associates will be happy to explain why these things are true in a risk-free consultation setting.
Construction Accident Lawyer – Houston, TX
There are two primary kinds of compensation to which most American construction workers are potentially entitled. This is true regardless of whether the injured workers in question are documented or undocumented. Although our Houston, TX construction accident lawyer team will need to assess your unique circumstances before concluding whether you are eligible for one or both of these kinds of compensation for sure, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits and/or may be in a position to file a successful personal injury lawsuit.
Why Your Worker Classification Status Matters
If you are either properly classified as a full-time or part-time employee (or you have been improperly classified as an independent contractor), you are likely eligible to collect workers’ compensation benefits as a result of the harm you have suffered. If so, you may also be able to file a personal injury lawsuit but you may not name your employer as a defendant in that lawsuit. This is because workers’ comp is a no-fault benefits system. Meaning that, in exchange for providing these benefits for eligible injured workers (with very few exceptions) regardless of what caused the injuries in question, employers enjoy limited liability protection. This means that even if you caused your own accident, as long as you weren’t high, drunk, picking a fight or trying to get hurt, you are entitled to these benefits and your employer isn’t at risk of being sued.
By contrast, if you are not eligible for workers’ comp benefits, you can name any negligent, reckless, or intentionally harmful party as a defendant in your lawsuit—even if you were providing work-related services for that party at the time of your accident.
Legal Assistance Is Available
Simply because you work in a notoriously hazardous industry does not mean that the law expects you to work under unreasonably dangerous circumstances. On the contrary, the law aims to safeguard construction workers from harm and provides avenues by which injured workers can seek any and all compensation to which they may be rightfully entitled. The experienced Texas legal team at John K. Zaid & Associates would be honored to help you explore these rights and options available to you under the law.
If you have not yet scheduled a risk-free consultation with our firm, please do so now. Remember, you don’t need to know for sure that you have grounds upon which to seek compensation to take this meeting and ask any questions that may be on your mind in the wake of your injury. We look forward to speaking with you.
