San Antonio Workplace Accident Lawyer
Texas is unusual: employers can opt out of workers' compensation. When they do, your options and your leverage change completely. You need a lawyer who knows that system.
How These Cases Actually Work
Texas is the only state where workers' compensation is optional for private employers. That changes everything about a workplace injury case. If your employer does not carry workers' comp (a "non-subscriber"), you can sue them directly, and the normal workers' comp damage limits do not apply. If they are a subscriber, you have different rights. Identifying which situation you are in, and pursuing the right path, is where cases are won or lost.
Damages You May Be Entitled To
- Medical expenses, past and future
- Lost wages and lost earning capacity
- Pain and suffering (non-subscriber cases only)
- Disability and disfigurement
- Third-party claims against equipment manufacturers, contractors, subcontractors
How Most of These Cases Start
- Falls from heights (construction, roofing, oil & gas)
- Struck by falling objects
- Caught in or between equipment
- Electrocutions
- Chemical exposures
- Heavy machinery malfunctions
- Unsafe premises or inadequate training
- Motor vehicle accidents on the job (ruled by different rules)
Why This Firm, For This Case
Non-subscriber cases are different beasts. They bypass the workers' comp schedule of benefits and allow full tort damages, but the employer fights harder because stakes are higher. Understanding the defense playbook is what makes the difference.
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