Workers' compensation laws help protect people who are injured on the job. They are designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled on the job are provided with fixed monetary awards, eliminating the need for litigation. These laws also provide benefits for dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses. Some laws also protect employers and
fellow workers by limiting the amount an injured employee can recover from an employer and by eliminating the liability of co-workers in most accidents. Kansas, like most states, has it’s own version of the workers’ compensation statute, beginning at K.S.A. 44-501. Under that statute, employers are required to purchase workers compensation insurance; then, when an employee is injured, the employer has to report that injury to the Division of Workers Compensation and their insurer. Ideally, the insurance company then begins paying out workers compensation benefits to the disabled employee. In some cases, however, the insurance company will dispute that the employee’s claim is proper, sometimes by arguing that the employee failed to notify his or her employer of the injury within the statutorily-specified time limits.
“Our goals at the Cooper Law Office are to provide every client individual attention regarding their case and to fight to obtain the most favorable outcomes possible. Unlike other law offices, we focus strictly on helping injured workers through their workers compensation cases. Cooper has been working in this field for decades and will not hesitate to take the insurance company to court, but he also works hard to negotiate the best possible settlements for his clients when possible. The Cooper Law Office prides itself on its communication with clients and has benefited from regular referrals made by former clients who felt their cases were handled professionally and promptly. Let Mr. Cooper and the rest of us at the Cooper Law Office fight for you today.”
