After a disabling work injury or illness, you need workers’ compensation benefits as soon as possible to pay your medical bills and replace your lost wages so you can keep up with your usual expenses. For that reason, it’s often a good idea to hire a lawyer to help you with your workers’ compensation claim. […]

When people get injured in stores and other places of business, they often rely on either security footage or witness statements from workers, supervisors, or customers to confirm their injuries happened when and where they say they did. However, some on-the-job injuries occur in areas or workplaces where there are no cameras and where no […]

In Oklahoma, almost all employers are required to purchase workers’ compensation insurance to cover their employees if they get hurt or sick on the job and can’t work until they recover. Although this coverage helps shift the financial liability for on-the-job injuries from employers to their workers’ compensation insurers, many employers want to avoid workers’ […]

“Workers’ compensation” is a phrase that makes many people think of serious injuries that leave workers unable to do their jobs for months, years, or even the rest of their lives. However, not all workplace injuries result in extended periods of disability. Sometimes, workers miss only a couple of weeks of work, or even just […]

In Oklahoma, workers’ compensation is designed to reimburse injured workers a percentage of their average weekly pay. However, it’s not enough for injured workers to only be compensated for what their injuries have already cost them in missed paychecks. In order for workers’ compensation benefits to truly be a safety net for people who are […]

Many jobs require workers to travel around their cities, states, regions, or even the entire country. Whether they’re driving across town or cross-country to visit another business or client, traveling workers face the risk of being involved in auto accidents. Some workers are provided company vehicles for use on these trips, while others are reimbursed […]

Almost all employers in Oklahoma are required to have workers’ compensation insurance to protect their workers if they get hurt on the job and can’t earn their paychecks. But some workers purchase their own disability insurance policies to protect themselves—even if their employers have workers’ compensation insurance. Although you aren’t required to purchase disability insurance, […]

When workers get hurt on the job in Oklahoma, they have two things going for them. First, almost all employees in the state are covered by workers’ compensation insurance. And second, workers’ compensation is a no-fault benefit, which means that injured employees are eligible for benefits even if their actions caused their injuries (with a […]

Almost all workers in Oklahoma are eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits if they get hurt on the job and miss at least eight days of work. But the key word in the previous sentence is almost, as some workers DON’T receive workers’ compensation benefits after on-the-job injuries. The type of work you do, including […]

At Parrish DeVaughn, we work hard to protect the rights of injured workers who suffer on-the-job injuries. But even the best legal outcome isn’t as preferable as avoiding an injury in the first place. That’s why we always urge people in our communities to take whatever steps are necessary to keep themselves and others safe, […]