Workers Compensation

We help individual and business clients with all types of work-related injuries and related issues that arise in worker’s compensation cases. We handle work-related injury claims for Louisiana employees who suffer an injury that arose out of and in the course of their employment, including claims arising under both State and the Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Acts.

Examples of work related injuries typically covered by workers' compensation include:

• Neck, back, and knee injuries
• Carpal tunnel/repetitive trauma injuries
• Hearing problems
• Work-related emotional problems
• Work-induced heart attack or stroke
• Occupational diseases such as asbestosis and dermatitis
• Disfigurement and scarring of face, neck or hands
• Asthma or other work related pulmonary conditions
• Loss of use of limbs
• Eye injuries

Benefits may include payment of all accident related medical expenses, payment of wages while you are recuperating from your injuries, an additional award if you are permanently disabled, the right to return to your job after you recuperate, job retraining if you cannot return to work, and additional compensation for safety violations.