Workplace Injuries/Injured Immigrants/
Wrongful Termination

If you are a loved one have been injured or died on the job, contact the Gartlan Law Firm, LLC for a free confidential consultation. We currently represent many hard working people that have been injured on the job and certainly welcome the opportunity to review the facts of your case.

If you are injured on the job it is important that you report the injury to your supervisor immediately and see the company doctor. These cases can be very complicated, and employers often do not look out for injured workers. Therefore it is important to have an experienced attorney to ensure that you are treated fairly. Additionally, there can be liability cases against the manufacturer and distributor of equipment and machinery if the injury was a result of a defective machine or equipment. This type of injury does not necessarily have to be limited to the workplace of an employer to be recoverable. A claim may arise as a result of an injury on your farm or at your shop or home or that of another.

Also, some employers use scare tactics to keep an employee from making a claim. This is often true with immigrant workers. Moreover, if an employer fires an employee solely on the basis of making a worker's compensation claim, the employee has a claim against the employer for wrongful termination.

Your employer cannot fire or harass you for making a workers' compensation claim. It is possible to win a wrongful termination case even if you quit your job due to harassment, if it can be proven that you were forced to quit due to a hostile work environment.

If you have been fired after filing a workers' compensation claim, your employer may claim you were fired for another reason, such as being absent. Do not assume that the reason the employer gives is true, because many times it is not.

So, it is important to get advice from an experienced attorney immediately if you or a loved one have been injured or died on the job or fired for making a workers' compensation claim. If you or a loved one have been injured or died on the job or fired for making a workers' compensation claim, contact the Gartlan Law Firm, LLC for a free confidential consultation.