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Workers compensation companies pay workers medical expenses and partial salary when they are injured on a job. The company has the right to investigate to make sure the injury is real and job related.
In CA your only recourse for an injury on the job is Workers Comp. Your medical insurance can not pay for expenses related to your injury at work. Asking them to do so and not disclosing that the injury occurred at work is insurance fraud.
No. Workman's Compensation pays for loss of income and medical expenses caused by an injury that occurs on the job. Anything involved with searching for another job would certainly not be included in Workman's Compensation.
medical coverage is any out of pocket expenses you incure. If another auto was at fault, you would file under their policy, for Bodily injury
Medical payments coverage generally pays a portion of medical expenses incurred as a result of a collision and resulting injuries. Similar to Personal Injury Protection coverage, it pays expenses without regard to fault for the collision. It can fill in some of the gaps of coverage that may occur in Personal Injury Protection coverage, such as a high deductible. It may also be triggered when all of the benefits of Personal Injury Protection coverage are used, and pay additional medical expenses incurred. This coverage has nothing to do with physical damage to the vehicle. It pays benefits only for medical expenses incurred from the collision.
No. Workman's Compensation pays 100% of medical expenses resulting from the workplace injury.
Worker Comp does not pay for pain and suffering. They only pay for actual medical expenses incurred due to the workplace incurred injury.
A workman's compensation scheme is a statutory requirement by Governments on employers so as to look after the welfare of low paid workers in times of death, injury etc. A GPA is an optional cover by workers who are highly paid to protect their welfare and the employer buys this cover from insurance companies as a benefit for its workers to assist with death, injury, medical expenses etc. above the statutory or compulsory schemes managed by Governments.
Compensation for whiplash injury will cover your medical expenses, travel expenses for medical treatment, loss of work compensation and sometimes a pain and suffering settlement. The best place to find out exactly how much would be any personal injury attorney in your local area.
Every case is different so it is difficult to determine how much an injury is worth. Calculation of the compensation entails the type of injury and its severity in relation to the medical improvement.
That might depend on the cause of the injury and the type of injury. If the car was not moving when the injury occured (slam your hand in the door) then Medical Payments coverage would apply and not PIP. If the injury was a result of an accident then Medical Payments wouldn't come in to play. The exception might be in the case of a death in which Medical Payments coverage can apply to funeral expenses. Laws and policies will vary by state.
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