Personal Injury Cases in Dallas Texas
Employment Claims
Sexual Harassment
These cases usually arise in the workplace and occur between employees of the same company. There are also variations of this offense that occur to persons who come into contact with company employees that inflict such harassment.
Non-Subscriber Claims
These cases arise when a person is injured on the job, but the employer has elected not to provide Worker's Compensation Insurance Coverage. There may be some other type of health benefit insurance plan, but if there is no Worker's Compensation, then there may be a "non-subscriber" claim, if the injury was the result of the negligence of the employer.
Third Party Employment Claims
These cases arise out of a person's employment, but are the result of the negligence of some third party or condition encountered on the premises of a third party, which results in injury to a workman while in the course and scope of employment.
The most common example is a delivery man involved in a motor vehicle collision while on the job or a driver or delivery man encountering a hazardous condition or activity, while on the job and on the property or work site of another person or company. There are many other examples too numerous to list.
If an individual is injured in the course and scope of his employment by some person or condition not related or associated with his employer, then there is the possibility of a "third party claim" for related injuries or death.
Worker's Compensation Discrimination
These cases arise when a person's employment is terminated in retaliation or because the person filed a worker's compensation claim, contemplated filing such a claim and /or hired an attorney or some other person to represent them in a worker's compensation case. These cases are usually based on some pattern of discrimination by the employer; by failure to cooperate with reasonable requests for work accommodations due to physical limitations while receiving care, or derogatory remarks made about or to persons who claim injury on the job.
Family and Medical Leave Act Claims
These cases based on federal law arise out of an employer's failure to permit or provide an eligible individual up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave from work without loss of the job for birth of a child or medical care.
Jury Discrimination
These cases involve any adverse action taken by an employer against an employee for answering a jury summons or serving on a jury, such as termination, pay cut or harassment.
