Call now for a free consultation!

  • Phone Number(352) 629-8747
KING LAW FIRM
  • Home
  • Firm Overview
    • Jarrod Gregory King
    • Robert Gregory King
    • Norman Christopher Polak
  • Practice Areas
    • Premises Liability
      • Apartment Complex Accidents
      • Dog Bite Lawyer
      • Elevator And Escalator Accidents
      • Horse-Related Accidents
      • Inadequate Security And Battery
      • Injuries At Amusement Parks And Water Parks
      • Negligent Child Supervision
      • Parking Lot Accidents
      • Retail Store Accidents
      • Slip, Trip And Fall Accidents
      • Swimming Pool Accidents
      • Premises Liability FAQ
    • Motor Vehicle Accidents
      • ATV Accidents
      • Bicycle And Pedestrian Accidents
      • Boat/Watercraft Accidents
      • Bus Accidents
      • Car Accidents
        • Distracted Driving Accidents
        • Drunk Driver Accidents
        • Uninsured And Underinsured Motorists
      • Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents
      • Motorcycle Accidents
        • Causes Of Motorcycle Accidents
      • Truck Accidents
      • Golf Cart Accidents
    • Personal Injury
      • Brain Injuries
      • Broken Bones
      • Burn Injuries
      • Injuries To Children
      • Medical Malpractice
      • Soft Tissue Injuries
      • Spinal Cord Injuries
      • Wrongful Death
  • Results
  • Articles
  • Blog
  • FAQ Videos
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Firm Overview
    • Jarrod Gregory King
    • Robert Gregory King
    • Norman Christopher Polak
  • Practice Areas
    • Premises Liability
      • Apartment Complex Accidents
      • Dog Bite Lawyer
      • Elevator And Escalator Accidents
      • Horse-Related Accidents
      • Inadequate Security And Battery
      • Injuries At Amusement Parks And Water Parks
      • Negligent Child Supervision
      • Parking Lot Accidents
      • Retail Store Accidents
      • Slip, Trip And Fall Accidents
      • Swimming Pool Accidents
      • Premises Liability FAQ
    • Motor Vehicle Accidents
      • ATV Accidents
      • Bicycle And Pedestrian Accidents
      • Boat/Watercraft Accidents
      • Bus Accidents
      • Car Accidents
        • Distracted Driving Accidents
        • Drunk Driver Accidents
        • Uninsured And Underinsured Motorists
      • Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents
      • Motorcycle Accidents
        • Causes Of Motorcycle Accidents
      • Truck Accidents
      • Golf Cart Accidents
    • Personal Injury
      • Brain Injuries
      • Broken Bones
      • Burn Injuries
      • Injuries To Children
      • Medical Malpractice
      • Soft Tissue Injuries
      • Spinal Cord Injuries
      • Wrongful Death
  • Results
  • Articles
  • Blog
  • FAQ Videos
  • Contact
  • $26.4 million

    For Negligent Supervision Resulting In Sexual Molestation.

  • $26.4 million

    For Negligent Supervision Resulting In Sexual Molestation.

  • $990,000

    For Sheriff’s Deputy Injured On Duty By A Drunk Driver.

  • $300,000

    For Pest Control Specialist Injured On Slippery Steps At Customer’s Home.

  • $1.85 million

    For The Wife And Children Of A Motorcycle Rider Killed In A Crash.

  • $2 million

    Severe Motorcycle Accident Injury As The Result Of A Negligent Driver.

View More Results
Your Result Matters. Free Consultation
View Our Practice Areas
  • Personal Injury Learn More
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents Learn More
  • Premises Liability Learn More
  • Close

Home » Blog » Should Your Employer Pay For Your Snakebite Treatment?

August 26, 2016  |  By kinglawadmin

Should Your Employer Pay For Your Snakebite Treatment?

The woman worked at a consulting firm in a corporate office park – an anonymous job in an anonymous place. One day, as she stepped outside for a break, a snake bit her on the foot. “I felt a ting on my big toe,” she said. A baby copperhead had attached itself there.

The woman received two doses of anti-venom. She spent three days in the hospital and has since undergone physical therapy. Her company refused to pay her snake bite workers’ compensation claim. “We reported the incident to our Workers Compensation [sic] insurer,” the consulting firm said in a statement, “and have a preliminary response that the injury did not arise out of the course and scope of the Injured Worker’s [sic] employment.”

The interesting question is not whether the woman will have to pay her own snake bite workers’ compensation medical bills, but whether, because her workers’ compensation claim is denied, she can actually get much more money out of her employer’s insurers.

Who’s to blame for the snake’s presence?

A legal expert from central Florida – the CEO of workerscompensation.com – notes that the company’s refusal to pay hinges on an arcane law. To obtain payment for a workers’ compensation claim, the expert explains, a causal connection must exist “between the claimant’s injury and the conditions under which the employer requires the work to be performed.” The danger “must be peculiar to the work and not common to the neighborhood.”

A snake, it seems, would be common to the neighborhood.

Nevertheless, the expert maintains that it would have been in the company’s interest to pay the snake bite workers’ compensation claim. By not doing so, he points out, the consulting firm has left itself vulnerable to a personal injury lawsuit, which can be much more costly. (Or, for the injured woman, more lucrative.)

“Without workers’ comp,” says the expert, the company is “potentially on the hook for medical expenses, lost time and that holy grail of tort law, pain and suffering.”

It’s cheaper to pay a cheaper claim

The injured woman has hired herself a lawyer. It seems likely that she will file a new, more substantial claim.

This snake bite workers’ compensation case reveals an interesting scenario. Most employers might, if they had things their way, eliminate workers’ compensation requirements. But it is clear this hope is misguided, based on a failure to understand that workers’ compensation protects them, too.

Share and Enjoy !

0Shares
0 0
Previous StoryWhat is no-fault insurance and how does it affect you?
Next StoryU.S. Leads The World…In Traffic Fatalities





Contact Preferences
How would you like to be contacted?
EmailPhone

How can we help you?

*The use of the Internet or this form for communication with the firm or any individual member of the firm does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Confidential or time-sensitive information should not be sent through this form.
I have read the disclaimer

Recent Blog Posts

  • Common Causes of RV Accidents Friday, 11, Dec
  • Punitive Damages: Was your Accident due to Intentional or Grossly Negligent Conduct? Tuesday, 24, Nov
  • Florida’s Attractive Nuisance Doctrine for Child Injury Claims Tuesday, 6, Oct
  • Equestrian Accidents and Personal Injury Claims Tuesday, 15, Sep

Categories

  • b (1)
  • BLOG (10)
  • Car Accidents (31)
  • Golf Cart Accidents (2)
  • In the News (3)
  • Injuries (12)
  • Motorcycle Accidents (19)
  • Premises Liability (17)
  • Prescription Drugs (1)
  • Truck Accidents (20)
  • Wrongful Death (19)

VIEW OUR BLOG

AV | Peer Review Rated For Ethical Standards & Legal Ability | Preeminent TM  Martindale-Hubbell from LexisNexis Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum American Association For Justice Million Dollar Advocates Forum FJA Super Lawyers Nation's Premier | NAOPIA | Top Ten Ranking 2014 National Association Of Distinguished Counsel | Nation's Top One Percent | NADC BirdEye | Best Lawyer | 2019
King Law Firm | KLF | Chartered

King Law Firm Ocala Personal Injury

2156 E Silver Springs Blvd Ocala, FL 34470 Ocala Law Office Map

Free Consultations

Phone: 352-629-8747

© 2018 King Law Firm. All rights reserved. | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Website by Southern Cross Media, LLC.