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West Hartford, Connecticut Workers' Comp Attorney Kenneth B. Katz

Focused on Getting You the Workers' Compensation Benefits You Deserve

You've been hurt on the job and can't work. What's next? You need to understand what types of benefits are available to you, including workers' compensation medical benefits and others.

At the West Hartford, Connecticut Law Offices of Kenneth B. Katz, we've been helping injured workers fight for their rights since 1985.

West Hartford workers' comp attorney Kenneth B. Katz is dedicated to helping protect the rights of injured workers and making sure they understand and receive the benefits and compensation they deserve.

Contact us today for a free initial consultation to find out how we can help you.

Understanding Workers' Compensation Benefits

In general, there are two types of workers' compensation benefits:

• Medical
• Indemnity

Medical benefits are designed to cover your medical treatment and expenses. There is no co-pay and no deductible for treatment received — the insurer pays for everything. The treatment received must be reasonable, necessary, related to the work injury, and designed to bring about a cure.

While these types of benefits do cover much of your medical treatment, they do not cover "feel good" treatments such as therapeutic massage that are often essential in getting you back to 100%.

Indemnity benefits are designed to help cover lost wages incurred as a result of being unable to work. There are three types of indemnity benefits:

• Temporary total disability: awarded when you are unable to do anything but rest, recuperate, and allow your injury to heal. The amount of benefit is determined by a percentage of your take-home pay.
• Temporary partial disability: awarded when you are able to work, but unable to make your regular wage because of working fewer hours or doing different tasks. The benefit fills in a portion of the gap between what you are currently earning, and what you were earning before your injury limited your performance.
• Permanent partial disability: awarded if your injury has healed to its maximum medical improvement, yet you still do not have 100% capability.

If you have further questions about workers' compensation benefits, or if you need help with a workers' comp claim, contact us today.

We offer a free initial consultation to all prospective clients. In addition, we handle all of our work on a contingency basis — you pay no attorney's fees unless we recover for you.

Law Offices of Kenneth B. Katz

Phone: 860-986-7831 | Fax: 860-561-2675

81 South Main Street, Suite 1A
West Hartford, CT 06107-2405
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West Hartford, Connecticut workers' compensation and personal injury lawyer Kenneth B. Katz proudly serves clients throughout north-central Connecticut in communities such as West Hartford, Hartford, Avon, Bloomfield, East Hartford, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Manchester, Middletown, New Britain, Newington, Simsbury, Wethersfield and surrounding areas.

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