If your employer tells you to deliver some packages to a specific location on your way home and you get injured in an auto accident during the errand, he/she is liable for your injuries. The same will be the case if you were driving a company car and are injured from visiting a business site. In both cases, you sustained injuries while taking care of responsibilities that are within the scope of your employment.
However, if you got into an accident during work while running personal errands or during your lunch break, determining liability can get trickier. A car accident lawyer can provide the much-needed clarification for your case.
Georgia worker’s compensation laws are designed to protect and compensate workers who are harmed while acting within the scope of their employment. This means that if you are injured in a car accident while you were working, you are eligible for medical care, disability compensation, and death benefits.
In fact, depending on the severity of your injuries, you may also be eligible for temporary total, permanent total, or partial disability benefits. To pursue those benefits, you need to prove that the injuries you sustained are work-related. This is important since insurance carriers and your employer may try to contest the connection by saying that the injuries did not occur within the scope of employment.
It is up to you and your car accident lawyer to prove that you were engaged in a work-related task at the time of the auto accident. Besides employees, individuals who drive for a profession such as bus and truck drivers and delivery drivers are also eligible for said benefits if they are injured while working.
At this time, you need aggressive legal representation in your corner that will not back down in the face of injustice.
Whether you were injured while running errands for your boss in your car, the company car, or were involved in a car accident while on a job-related task, you deserve compensation. If your employer or the insurance company is denying your claim, get in touch with the attorneys at Shani O. Brooks P.C. today in Atlanta, Georgia. Our attorneys can help you get the full and fair financial compensation that you deserve and do not back down from a fight.