Injured Truckers in Nebraska
Personal Injury & Workers’ Compensation Help for Truck Drivers
Truck drivers who are employed by Nebraska trucking companies, and who have been injured in an accident while on the job have rights to workers' compensation benefits in Nebraska.
Injured Truckers May Have Injury Rights, Too
Brock Law Offices believes that injured truckers deserve aggressive representation in personal injury claims involving accidents that happened at work. If a trucker is hurt in an accident caused by a forklift driver or negligent driver, that injured trucker may have rights to workers' compensation benefits and a right to collect damages, such as pain and suffering, and disfigurement, from the negligent person, as well.
Tony Brock is a former motor transport officer with the U.S. Marine Corps. He has driven trucks over the road. He has owned trucks, and he has operated trucking company. He understands the trucker lifestyle and what it means when you cannot drive because of an injury. He routinely represents injured truckers in claims against their self insured employers and insurance companies
Our law firm works directly with truck drivers and with attorneys from other states who represent truckers with Nebraska connections who have been hurt.
Nebraska Workers’ Compensation for Truck Drivers
If you are an injured trucker, and you work for a Nebraska company, you probably have a right to recover benefits arising from your Nebraska workers’ compensation claim:
- Past, current and future estimated medical expenses
- Time lost from work, including time spent going to medical appointments or therapy
- The cost of hiring someone to perform specialized nursing services
- Permanent disfigurement or disability
- A change in your future earning ability due to the injury
These are the same types of benefits for which any Nebraska resident can obtain compensation in a workers' compensation case. If you injured as a result of someone's negligence, there may be other damages that can be recovered, such as compensation for pain and suffering and loss of consortium.
Brock Law Offices has the experience and expertise necessary to properly prosecute injury claims Our knowledge in trucking laws and in how the trucking industry works, especially on the road or on the docks is a huge advantage when it comes to presenting your claim to judges, adjusters, and juries.
