West Palm Beach Workers’ Compensation Attorneys

Our West Palm Beach Workers Compensation Attorneys can help you better understand the laws and how they impact you and your claim for compensation. They will also help you in knowing what rights do you have after a work accident.

Understanding Workers’ Comp Benefits

In Florida, to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits, you must have sustained either a physical injury or illness. Mental or emotional trauma doesn’t qualify. Standard workers’ compensation benefits are two-thirds of your average weekly income. However, you may be eligible to receive more depending on the severity of your injury. The different levels of benefits include:

• Temporary Disability – These benefits include two-third of your average weekly income but cannot exceed $1,011 per week for 2021.  The statewide maximum compensation rate changes every year.  If you’ve sustained a severe injury such as paralysis, you may be eligible for up to 80% of your wages for six months with no maximum amount applied. Temporary disability benefits may continue until your doctor approves your return to work, you reach maximum medical improvement, or you receive benefits for the maximum amount of time allowed, which is currently five years for dates of accident after October 1, 2003.
• Permanent Partial Disability – If you reach the end of your temporary disability benefits and haven’t reached maximum medical improvement, you’ll need to be evaluated by a doctor to determine if you’ve sustained an impairment. They’ll assign you an impairment rating, which will be used to determine how long you can receive permanent partial disability benefits. This benefit amount is 75% of your temporary disability rate under most circumstances.
• Permanent Total Disability – If your injuries prevent you from doing any type of work, you’re eligible to receive permanent total disability benefits. The amount will be the same as your temporary disability benefits but you will continue to receive it until you’re 75. These are typically awarded to people who’ve sustained injuries such as traumatic brain injury, loss of limb, or significant spine injury such that a return to work full time at a sedentary capacity is not possible either medically or through a combination of medical restrictions and vocational factors.
• Death Benefits – If a worker dies as a result of a workplace accident, their surviving family members may be entitled to compensation. These benefits include up to $7,500 for funeral expenses, up to $150,000 for dependents, or education benefits to the surviving spouse.

If you’ve been injured on the job and believe you’re eligible for any of these benefits, Felice Trial Attorneys can help. Our team will be by your side every step of the way.  We’ll file a claim on your behalf and walk you through the process. If you’ve been wrongfully denied benefits, we’ll fight for your rights to ensure you and your family receive the compensation you’re entitled to.