Filing a claim

I usually get the case as the claim has already been opened, but there are instances when an injured employee will call us from the hospital or immediately after the injury takes place, and we'll assist in making sure that all the proper forms are filled out and submitted to the insurance company in the proper time frame. The way the workers' compensation law is in Nevada, there are some required deadlines and certain forms and certain notifications that need to be turned in to the employer and the insurance company. We make sure that those deadlines are met in order to not jeopardize the claim for the injured employee.

An attorney can help appeal in the fact that we know the rules, we know what the law requires, and are there to be the voice for the client. They usually, in an appeal, will be going against another attorney, so why would you go up against an attorney who does that for a living without counsel as well? And that's where we step in. We step in to make sure that all the evidence is submitted to the appeals officer and the hearings officer, so that they have the proper documentation, the full picture given to them, not just the skewed picture that the other side gives them. And we're able to voice, like I said, be the voice for the client and apply what the client wants us to say to the law and help them win their case at that point.