We are Missouri Workers Compensation Lawyers who specialize in a variety of work-related injuries.

Missouri Lawyers for Injured Workers 

The Hein Law Firm represents workers injured in all areas and industries.  The following is representative of but some of the types of injured workers we have and do represent every day in our practice.  If you have been injured on the job, we can help you even if you work in a job or industry that is not on this list:

We have extensive experience in all of these as well as other matters.  We have handled cases involving loss of the use of a body part due to numbness or other damage and injuries that led to partial or complete paralysis of the victim.  We have successfully resolved cases involving injuries such as slip and falls, lower back injuries from heavy lifting, herniated discs, whiplash and head and neck injuries.

Our experience allows us to pursue the right settlement and the necessary benefits to accommodate your current and future needs.  We have a good understanding of the types of injuries that can occur and the amount of time it can take for recovery which allows us to be proactive in fighting for the compensation and benefits you need.

We will look at the injured body part and medical evidence to determine how to obtain full and complete recovery in your particular case.  Call for a Free Initial Consultation.

No Recovery, No Fee!

The Hein Law Firm takes workers compensation injury cases on a contingency basis. This means you will only pay attorney's fees if we obtain compensation for you. For a free consultation with a Missouri Work Comp Lawyer, call us at (314) 645-7900 or contact us online.
 
     

Additional Payment for Permanent Disfigurement and Scarring

The fourth and final benefit under Missouri Workers Compensation, which is in addition to the other benefits available to an injured worker in Missouri, is the entitlement to an additional payment for Permanent Disfigurement.

Thankfully, most injuries do not result in scarring.  However, if you end up with any type of scar, burn, stitches, skin discoloration or other disfigurement on your head, face, neck, arms and hands, you will be entitled to an additional lump sum payment for that disfigurement and scarring, up to the limit set by the Law.

This also includes surgical scars on your head, face, neck, arms and hands.

No Recovery, No Fee!

The Hein Law Firm accepts injury cases on a contingency basis. This means you only pay attorney's fees if we get you compensation. For a free consultation with a lawyer, call us at (314) 645-7900, or contact us online.

Payment for Permanent Disability Under MO Work Comp

The third benefit an injured worker has a right to receive under Missouri Work Comp is payment in the form of a lump sum at the end of a case for Permanent Disability or for the Permanency of the Injury.  The law calls this Permanent Partial Disability and Permanent Total Disability Benefits.

There are a number of benefits to which you are entitled as an injured worker under to Missouri Workers’ Compensation law.  The benefit that your lawyer is most usually employed to obtain is called permanent partial disability payments (PPD).  PPD benefits are obtained after the doctor provided by the employer completes treatment of the injured worker.

Following most work-related injuries, the injured worker is rated as having a particular level of permanent disability from a particular injury.  Many injured workers are not aware after completing medical treatment that they are entitled to an additional payment for an amount of disability related to an injury.  A cut or minor back injury will still likely produce some amount of disability payment that the employee is entitled to receive.  The amount of PPD payment that you as an injured worker are entitled to receive is best valued and determined by knowledgeable legal counsel who has practiced in Workers’ Compensation law for many years and has knowledge as to the value of such claims.  Often, our Firm sends clients to doctors we know and trust for independent medical evaluations (IME) to determine the level of disability that is fair and appropriate for a work related injury.  Our firm has been recognized for its ability to maximize the amount of payment that an employee receives for a work injury.

Permanent Total Disability benefits are available to employee who because of a work injury are determined to be unable to work any longer on the open labor market.  Weekly benefits are available for the remainder of the life of an employee who is no longer able to work because of such an injury.  Permanent Total Disability benefits may be obtain from you last employer or from the Second Injury Fund if it is determined that your last work injury combined with previous injuries resulted in the condition of permanent disability.  

No Recovery, No Fee!

The Hein Law Firm accepts injury cases on a contingency basis. This means you only pay attorney's fees if we get you compensation. For a free consultation with a lawyer, call us at (314) 645-7900, or contact us online.

Payments for Lost Wages (Temporary Total Disability or TTD)

The second benefit available to a worker injured at work in Missouri is payment for lost salary or wages for the time that he or she is unable to work because of the injury (i.e., Lost Wages Because of a Work Injury).

For time off of work for an injury, you as an injured employee are able to receive what the law calls payment for your Temporary Total Disability (TTD) for such time that you are not able to work.  The weekly amount payable is typically based on your average weekly wage for the 13 weeks leading up to the day you were hurt.  This amount is typically 2/3 of the your average weekly wage over those 13 weeks leading up to the injury, up to the statutory weekly limit. These disability payments for lost wages are not taxable.  The idea is that you get more or less what you would have gotten after taxes.

No Recovery, No Fee!

The Hein Law Firm accepts injury cases on a contingency basis. This means you only pay attorney's fees if we get you compensation. For a free consultation with a lawyer, call us at (314) 645-7900, or contact us online.