I suffered a traumatic brain injury at work on a construction site. Do I have grounds for a personal injury claim?
Maybe. As a Philadelphia construction worker, you likely have the right to receive workers’ compensation benefits to pay for medical and disability-related costs of your injury. Those benefits typically take the place of a personal injury claim against your employer (if, say, your employer’s dangerous safety practices led to you getting hurt).
However, you may yet have legal rights against someone other than your employer for your injuries. Sometimes, for example, a construction site injury happens because some third party—such as an equipment manufacturer, or another contractor on the job site—acted carelessly or recklessly. In those cases, you may have the ability to sue that third party for damages related to your TBI, even if you have already received workers’ comp benefits.
Talk to an experienced Philadelphia brain injury attorney today to learn about your potential rights as an injured construction worker.