Many Work-Related Injuries
Covered Under the Law
 A work-related injury is a traumatic experience. If you are injured on the job or have been exposed to an occupational disease in the course and scope of your employment, Missouri Workers’ Compensation Law can provide some relief from the worry and financial strain of being injured and off work due to an injury.
We regularly help workers who have suffered:
- Back and neck disc injuries
- Shoulder, wrist, knee or ankle injuries
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or other repetitive motion disorders
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) or other pain complexes
Workers’ Compensation Benefits
While not all injuries that occur on the job are compensable due to the circumstances, many are. Missouri law requires most employers to carry insurance, which pays, at no cost to you, for the following benefits:
- Medical Care – All costs for authorized medical testing, treatment and surgeries, prescriptions and medical devices to cure and relieve the work related injury;
- Mileage – Payments for travel reimbursement if you are sent for treatment that is outside the local area from your principal place of employment;
- Payment for Lost Wages – If a doctor says that you are unable to work while you are recovering from the work related injury you may be entitled to either Temporary Total or Temporary Partial Disability benefits; and
- Compensation for Permanent Disability – Once you have been determined to be at maximum medical improvement for your work injury, you may be entitled to either Permanent Partial or Permanent Total Disability benefits.
Where We Practice
Burns, Taylor, Heckemeyer, & Green L.L.C. engages in the practice of Missouri Workers’ Compensation Law primarily in the Southeast Missouri area. We do occasionally accept cases from other locales including the St. Louis area. We regularly handle cases in: Bloomfield Docket (Stoddard County), Cape Girardeau Docket (Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry Counties), Caruthersville Docket (Dunklin, Pemiscot Counties), Festus Docket (Jefferson County), Farmington Docket (St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve Counties), Ironton Docket (Iron, Madison, Reynolds, Washington Counties), New Madrid Docket (New Madrid County), Poplar Bluff Docket (Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne Counties), and Sikeston Docket (Mississippi, Scott Counties).
How Can I Afford a Lawyer?
You do not need money to talk to us about your workers’ compensation case, and you do not need money to hire us to represent you in your workers’ compensation case. We offer free initial consultations. If we accept representation in your case, we will take your case on a “contingency fee” basis, meaning that we will be paid on the basis of a percentage of the money that we obtain for you in the case. Call us for a free consultation. At Burns, Taylor, Heckemeyer & Green, L.L.C., WE CAN HELP. |
