Chapel Hill and Durham Workplace Accident Lawyer
Vocational Retraining
We have lost a lot of the high paying manufacturing and construction jobs in North Carolina. When a worker in the manufacturing or construction industry gets hurt, he will have a tough time finding another manufacturing or construction job, if he has permanent work restrictions. Vocational retraining is something to consider. Going back to school can change your life.
A family whose sole breadwinner has died in an accident has to deal with the loss of that person's companionship, friendship, parenting, and income. Money will not replace the loss of a spouse and parent. Money will help to keep the family together. Money can pay for college and vocational training for a stay at home spouse who now has to work.
Focused on Your Future
You have suffered a great setback in your life. The steps you take now will affect your health, your finances and your attitude for many years to come. Heidi G. Chapman, P.L.L.C. will work diligently to help you get the financial resources, medical care and services that can make a difference in the future.
Why Do You Need Heidi D. Chapman to Get You Through the Legal System?
You'll have to fight to get everything you need to keep your family together and everything the law provides for you, if you've been seriously injured or your family member has died.
You need someone with the knowledge, experience, and judgment to help you make your way through the legal system and come out the other end with your family together and a brighter future.
How Complicated Is the Legal System?
A truck driver who has suffered third degree burns over 70% of his body in a work-related accident is facing lifetime medical treatment and extensive vocational rehabilitation before he can return to work. His recovery period will last years and involve multiple surgeries. His role in his family will probably change. He will need the support of his family to survive the painful treatment. His family will need money to survive while he is recovering. If he earned $50,000 when he was injured, only 2/3 of his income will be replaced by workers' compensation benefits. Another portion of his income will be replaced by Social Security disability benefits, but that may take 1-2 years to obtain.
If the insurance company stops paying his checks, denies medical treatment, pushes him back to work at a minimum wage job or tries to push him to settle his case for a small amount of money, he'll need help from Heidi G. Chapman.
A high paying construction worker with a severe knee injury will not be able to return to construction work. If the doctor recommends a knee replacement surgery, the insurance company may refuse to pay for it. If he has no other skills, he will have to vocationally retrain to rejoin the labor force. Otherwise, he'll end up at a minimum wage job with no benefits.
The construction worker will need help from Heidi G. Chapman to get the necessary medical treatment or to find a better paying job.
Free Consultation With a North Carolina Workers Compensation Attorney
Contact us for a free initial consultation a out a work injury with Heidi G. Chapman, P.L.L.C. We represent clients across the entire state of North Carolina.
