Workers’ Compensation and Social Security

Denver Personal Injury Law Firm

Workers’ Comp

After being injured on the job, you are naturally concerned about getting back to work as quickly as possible.  Your mortgage has to be paid, credit card bills pile up, and you are now facing medical bills.  In Colorado, employers must carry insurance to pay the medical bills and wage loss of employees who are hurt on the job.  But filing successful workers' compensation and disability claims is complex.  Your company may have promised to take care of everything but you may face lengthy delays.  Many employers simply hope that you will forget about your claim.

The Denver injury attorneys at Bell & Pollock, PC are ready to help you fight for the workers' compensation benefits you are entitled to.   This often involves tracking down medical records, talking to witnesses and confronting your employer about your rights.  You may also be entitled to transportation and retraining expenses.  Our Denver personal injury injury law firm will handle everything, from facilitating a change in your primary physician to helping you pay your uncovered medical bills while you are waiting for your benefit checks to arrive.  Whether your injury is temporary or permanent, partial or total, our injury attorneys can make sure that you get the benefits you deserve.

Social Security Disability

The federal Social Security program also provides a safety net to protect individuals from unforeseen catastrophes.  Benefits are paid to an individual or his or her family at least in part on the basis of that person's employment record and prior contributions to the system.  Workers unemployed due to sickness or accident may qualify for benefits based on previous employment and contributions to the program.  Once an individual has qualified for protection, certain other family members are covered as well.  Financial need is not a requirement and the sickness or accident need not have occurred on the job. 

While the Social Security Act (federal law) governs an applicant's right to benefits, state substantive law governs some of the family relationship issues that may bear on that right such as the validity of a marriage.

Champions of the People

Injury law firm in Denver at Bell & Pollock, PC, are experienced in all aspects of both state and federal law that are necessary to successfully pursue your Social Security disability claim.