Back Injury Compensation Lawyers Parramatta

Back Injury Compensation

My husband is a car mechanic, and has to spend much of his time working on his back.

About four months ago he slipped a disc whilst working in the garden. His doctor gave him a couple of weeks off work and he seemed to recover.

However, when he returned to work he was lifting some machinery and has slipped the disc again! His employer is refusing to pay him any compo, because he says it was an existing complaint, and if he were fit he wouldn't have hurt his back at work!

We really rely on his money especially with the cost of living rising at the moment. Can the Workers Compensation Lawyer help us to resolve this matter? I don't know how we are going to cope without his wages!

The Workers Compensation Lawyer can help your husband to make a successful claim for workers compensation for his injury.

It is important to be aware that under the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (“the Act”) there is a very wide definition of “personal injury”. In effect a personal injury suffered in the workplace includes aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration of any disease where your employment was a contributing factor to this aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration.

It is apparent from your question that your husband returned to work on full-duties where the type of work in which he was involved as a car mechanic resulted in an aggravation of his back injury.

His employer appears to be denying liability for the injury on the grounds that he had a pre-existing back injury. However, under the Act your husband’s employer has a legal obligation to pay workers compensation to your husband even though your husband had an existing incapacity where he had slipped a disc in his back at home, prior to further injury to his back at work. This compensation includes weekly payments that would allow you and your husband to manage financially until he is in a position to return to work. It would also allow your husband to receive payment of his medical and rehabilitation expenses, and payments of lump sum compensation in the event that he has suffered a permanent impairment.

The most important thing to remember when an employer or their insurer denies liability for a claim for workers compensation is not to accept this denial as final. The Workers Compensation Lawyer has extensive experience in the tactics used by insurance companies to deny liability for workers compensation claims on the basis that the injury was an existing complaint and did not occur at work. This is the experience that your husband needs to ensure that he receives his workers compensation entitlements.

If you have been injured in a workplace accident and you’re not sure who to talk to about your entitlement to workers compensation then give Frank a call. It won’t cost you a cent and you will be getting advice that insurers would rather you didn’t hear.

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Specialising in Compensation for over 20 years.