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Workers compensation is a form of insurance that provides medical benefits and wage replacement to any employee who gets injured in the course of employment to make him or her forfeit his right to sue his or her employers for the tort of negligence.

Workers compensation in Florida is not always enough because the relevant law protects employers from being sued by employees for civil damages except if the employee can prove that the employer deliberately took actions that are injurious to the employee. Needless to say proving such is a herculean task that is difficult to accomplish.

Florida workers compensation is not always enough because employers have nothing to pay for. So, they cut down the appropriate amount and pay peanuts in compensation. In Florida, employees do not have any right to sue employers. So, what right are they exchanging for compensation? None!

This is why it is almost impossible for an injured employee in West Palm Beach to be fairly compensated without the help of a personal injury attorney in West Palm Beach. It is only an experienced accident attorney that can find a way to arm-twist your employer into paying you the appropriate compensation

Generally, compensations are not always enough for any kind of injury or even death. Is there any amount that is enough to compensate the family of any employee who loses his life?

When an injury renders an employee incapacitated, his compensation is calculated based on his current earning, it does not cover his chances of getting a higher paying job that the injury has jeopardized.

Compensation does not always cover both physical and psychological pain that victim goes through. To make matters worse, Florida employers are even protected from being sued by their employees.

It is better and even cheaper on the long run, to hire a Florida personal injury attorney. This is because the difference between what you will get as compensation when you handle it on your own and what you will get with an attorney’s contribution will be a multiple of the attorney’s fees.

Besides, when it comes to injury case, most attorneys only get paid when you win the case. There is even a possibility of the judge of your case being an acquaintance of your attorney. So what? It could swing the judge’s judgment in your favor!

The reason you don’t even stand a chance without an attorney is that your employer is likely to have hired an attorney either to promote his immunity or to prove that the accident was because you deliberately refused to adhere to safety measures. In that case, handling your compensation by yourself is just like fighting a fully armed man with your bare hands.

Isn’t whatever worth doing worth doing well? If you decide to seek compensation, then do it well by hiring an attorney.