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Worker's Compensation Information about worker's compensation claims process and worker's comp benefits.

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Old 03-08-2005, 09:06 PM
cajunlizz0315 cajunlizz0315 is offline
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Default Claiming pain and suffering under worker's comensation
I hired an attorney after being on Workmans Comp. almost 4 years .

He told me , I can not receive pain and suffering for my injuries . I live in Louisiana . Is this true ?
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Old 03-09-2005, 12:08 PM
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Default Workers' Compensation and "Pain and Suffering"
Workers' compensation does not normally provide for "pain and suffering" in the traditional sense. There is a public policy trade-off between certainty of recovery (i.e., worker's compensation covers most work-related injuries regardless of fault) and the amount you can recover.
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