If you’re injured at work, report your accident to your employer, get checked out by a doctor or hospital, and then stop by our office or give us a call to discuss your legal options. We can help you get the most out of your work injury case. Our team will answer your claims-related questions, evaluate your claim, and keep your case on the right track so you can get paid.
You’ve been hurt at work. We can help. Let’s talk. Call 702-822-4444 for a complimentary consultation.
Workers’ compensation insurance, also referred to as workman’s comp, is no-fault insurance that provides wage replacement and medical benefits to workers who are injured on the job. Nevada law requires most businesses to carry workers’ compensation insurance to protect workers from the costs and adverse impacts of work-related injuries and illnesses. Even family-owned businesses that only have family members as employees are required to maintain workers’ comp insurance.
When you’re hurt at work, the other side has a team that is dedicated to minimizing your claim or denying it altogether. Don’t go through it alone. Sit back, relax, and recover. You have us.
We can provide guidance with every aspect of the workers’ compensation claims process to improve your chances for success. We can help with:
Temporary Total Disability, Temporary Partial Disability, Permanent Total Disability, and Permanent Partial Disability benefits may be available when your injury prevents you from returning to work.
When your injuries require medical treatment, the cost of doctor visits, hospital stays, surgery, diagnostic testing, and other healthcare services are covered by workers’ compensation.
If your work-related injury is so severe that you are unable to return to your previous work, workers’ compensation insurance may cover vocational services that can help you get back to work in a new career.
When a worker is killed on the job, his or her qualifying family members may be entitled to death benefits.
Special work injury laws apply to police and firefighters who become injured on the job.
When your preexisting condition is aggravated by the conditions of your job, you may be entitled to benefits. Having a pre-existing ailment, however, can complicate your claim, especially when your condition is related to a prior workers’ comp claim. We can help you sort through the red tape so you can get paid.
When the equipment or machinery at your job is defective or unsafe and you are hurt, you are entitled to benefits to pay for your injuries. In some cases, you may be able to collect money from manufacturers, suppliers, or maintenance companies through third-party injury claims in addition to collecting through your workers’ comp claim.
Hazardous chemicals and other dangerous substances can cause severe injuries that require medical attention right away. The effects of exposure may not be immediately apparent, however. In some cases, people don’t start showing symptoms for days, months, or even years after exposure to harmful substances. We can help you trace the source of your condition so you can get money for medical care.
Work-related auto accidents, slips, trips, and falls on company premises, and injuries that happen at company-sponsored events may also be covered under workers’ compensation laws in Nevada.
March 18, 2020 Udpate.
We have just been given notice that all Hearings and Appeals have been vacated and are off calendar by order the Senior Appeals Officer from the Nevada Department of Administration. It is unknown when the reset dates will occur.
March 17, 2020 Update.
As efforts concerning the containment of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) continue to evolve here in the U.S. and around the world, we want to assure you that Jason D. Mills & Associates remains committed to three important priorities:
Our offices remain open for business; however, we encourage all existing clients to help us limit exposure and the potential spread of COVID-19 by avoiding in-office meetings. We remain open for business virtually during normally scheduled work hours (9:00 am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday). All email, fax, telephone, and other electronic communication will continue without interruption. If you have a scanner please scan documents and send to us in .PDF format. If you do not have a scanner, there are smart phone apps available such as: CamScanner, Adobe Scan and Genius Scan (and many others), that will turn your smart phone into a document scanner at zero or little cost.
Our local courts continue to update and modify their policies and procedures in response to the current COVID-19 situation as well, and we are monitoring those procedures to navigate the impact on your claims. So far, the Hearing and Appeals Office has halted all in-person hearings and is in the process of converting future hearings into telephonic hearings. As we learn more, we will provide updated information.
We also know that many of you have been personally impacted in a number of ways, and we apologize for any inconvenience these modifications may cause you but of course we are all experiencing this disruption together and will get through it together. We will resume normal operations as soon as the local, state and national governments give instructions that it is reasonable to do so. We appreciate your flexibility as we do our part to help bring this unprecedented situation under control.
Again, we are fully operational and are actively working on your claims. If there is anything you need, please feel free to contact our office (telephonically or electronically) during office hours so that we can direct your call and follow up accordingly.