For Information About Workers' Compensation Settlements in Massachusetts, Contact a Lawyer
You have heard that you workers' compensation will cover medical costs and cover a percentage of your lost wages for a period of time. What you may not have heard is that in some cases, the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA), the government organization responsible for handling workers' comp claims on the state's behalf will approve a lump sum settlement of your claim. This typically happens when you are disabled as a result of the workplace-occurring neck or back injury or any type of injury.
Eligibility for Benefits by Settlement
Judges or conciliators at the DIA may approve an offer of a lump sum settlement by a worker's compensation insurance carrier if the judges or conciliators consider it to be in your best interest.
Determining whether it is in your best interest to accept a lump sum settlement can be a complicated and delicate matter. At Dane Shulman Associates, LLC, our workers' compensation lawyers have a reputation for providing candid counsel in a difficult time.
Among other things, if you are offered a lump sum workers' comp settlement from your employer's workers' compensation carrier, you may need to have a clear plan of how you will make a living after weekly checks stop. Questions of timing are also important. Our Boston workers' compensation attorneys welcome your call or e-mail requesting a free initial consultation so that we can help you understand the issues at play in your pending decision to accept or reject a lump sum settlement after an workplace accident.
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