Getting injured on the job or acquiring an occupational illness can put a person out of work indefinitely. Paying both your medical and household bills will become overwhelming quickly. Our workers’ compensation attorneys here at Morrow, Gates & Morrow understand the obstacles that you and your family face when you want to work, but it’s physically impossible for you to do your job due to a work-related accident or illness.
Limitations Periods
Louisiana’s Workers’ Compensation Act requires you to give your employer notice of your injury or occupational illness within 30 days of the date of discovering it. After that, if you haven’t received any benefits, you have one year to file a petition for workers’ compensation benefits. There are exceptions to this rule, but a petition for benefits isn’t generally allowed if isn’t filed more than two years after the date of the injury or onset of the illness.
Timing is crucial
Given the short notice and limitations periods for workers’ compensation claims under Louisiana law, you’ll want to contact our Opelousas personal injury law firm right away after any work-related injury. With our Louisiana workers’ compensation work, we’re perfectly placed to advise you on what you need to do, how you need to do it, and when you need to do it by.
