There are two methods to which a worker can seek compensation for an injury that has occurred on the job.

• • One is through workers’ compensation insurance.
  • Two is through a personal injury lawsuit.

Not all employers in the State of Texas are required to have workers’ compensation insurance, but if they do, it could shield them from liability against an injury caused on the job. However, it’s not absolute. You could seek a personal injury lawsuit even if your employer has workers’ compensation insurance.

If not and personal injury lawsuit is the way you want to go, you’ll have to prove negligence in the court and that’ll require you to prove that your employer had a duty to keep you safe and that he breached that duty, and in breaching that duty he caused you damages which are ascertainable meaning we can fit a dollar amount to them.

If you’ve been injured on the job, you can contact Cammack Friedman law firm and we’ll schedule a free consultation.