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Parker Scheer LLP
Boston Office
1 Constitution Plz
Boston, Massachusetts
02129
Directions
Phone: 617-886-0500
Fax: 617-886-0100
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The Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Act
provides benefits for the payment of medical expenses incurred
to treat injured workers' work related injuries. While apparent
that this may include suturing of a large cut, the casting
of a fracture' the Act is not as restrictive as one might
think.
Less apparent are injuries, which may occur
as an injured employee seeks to have injuries treated. A worker
who is injured while traveling to a medical appointment for
the treatment of a work related injury is entitled to have
the workers' compensation insurer pay for medical expenses
associated with any injuries suffered while seeking treatment.
Additionally, if the disability is worsened by such an accident,
the employee is entitled to payment of weekly compensation
benefits. In other words, if an injured worker is injured
while traveling to a medical appointment for his compensable
work related injury, any injury suffered during that trip
is considered to be compensable under the Workers' Compensation
Act.
If a worker is injured during medical treatment,
then the effects of those injuries are also considered to
be compensable under the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation
Act. This may occur in many different contexts. Surgeries
may not be successful, and more harm than good may result.
Adverse reaction to medication is another example of how medical
treatment can lead to further, and in some cases, devastating
consequences. If the underlying need for treatment is a work
related injury, then these consequences are covered by workers'
compensation.
It is also not unusual for injured workers to
suffer additional injuries as a result of the underlying work
related condition. If one has had a knee injury, often times
he or she may be prone to have the knee buckle, and cause
a fall. If that injured employee suffers a new injury as a
result of such a fall, then likewise it is compensable. If
a person with a head injury suffers from dizziness, and falls
while walking down stairs at home, the resulting injuries
are also compensation under Massachusetts workers' compensation.
Injured workers are also entitled to be reimbursed
for mileage traveled to have their injuries treated. Parking
is also reimbursable. A record of each trip should be made
along with the mileage traveled. Periodically a request for
reimbursement to the insurer should be made.
To speak with a highly experienced workers’
compensation lawyer, click
here, or telephone Parker Scheer LLP seven days
a week, toll free at 886-414-0400. There is no fee charged
to discuss your case, and all information furnished will be
kept strictly confidential.
Massachusetts
Workers' Compensation - F.A.Q's
Massachusetts
Premier Workers' Compensation Lawyers
Other Massachusetts Workers'
Compensation Resources
Massachusetts
Workers' Compensation Act
Massachusetts
Department of Industrial Accidents
Injured
Worker's Guide (Publication of Mass. Department of Labor)
The
Workers' Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau
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Parker Scheer LLP lawyers handle workers' compensation claims in Massachusetts towns including Acton, Amesbury, Amherst, Andover, Arlington,
Ashburnham, Ashfield, Ashland, Athol, Attleborough, Barnstable,
Barre, Bedford, Belmont, Berkley, Berlin, Bolton, Boston, Boxborough,
Boxford, Boylston, Bradford, Braintree, Burlington, Buzzards
Bay, Cambridge, Carlisle, Charlemont, Charlestown, Charlton,
Chelmsford, Chelsea, Clinton, Concord, Danvers, Dedham, Deerfield,
Dudley, Duxbury, East Longmeadow, Essex, Fall River, Fitchburg,
Foxboro, Framingham, Franklin, Freetown, Gardner, Gill, Gloucester,
Granby, Groveland, Hadley, Hamilton, Hanover, Haverhill, Holbrook,
Holliston, Holyoke, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Hudson, Ipswich,
Kingston, Lakeville, Lancaster, Lawrence, Leominster, Lexington
Lincoln, Lowell, Ludlow, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Marblehead,
Marlborough, Marshfield, Maynard, Melrose, Methuen, Methuen,
Middleborough, Middlefield, Milford, Milton, Monterey, Nantucket,
Natick, Needham, New Bedford, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton,
North Attleborough, North Brookfield, Northampton, Northborough,
Paxton, Peabody, Pepperell, Pittsfield, Plymouth Provincetown,
Quincy, Reading, Richmond, Rockport, Rowe, Rowley, Salem, Saugus,
Sherborn, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Stoughton, Stow, Sturbridge,
Sudbury, Templeton, Topsfield, Townsend, Truro, Upton, Wakefield,
Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, West Boylston, West
Newbury Westborough, Westford, Weston, Westport, Williamstown,
Wilmington, Winchendon, Winchester, Woburn, Worcester, Yarmouth.
Parker Scheer also provides referral services for personal injury
lawyers in states other than Massachusetts.
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