Bankruptcy and Workers Compensation Benefits
- September 3, 2015
- Thomas Adam
- Bankruptcy
For individuals injured on the job in Florida, worker’s compensation provides necessary wage replacement and payment of medical expenses related to the injury. Worker’s compensation payments are paid out weekly or if a settlement agreement is reached, in one lump sum. The wage replacement benefits paid under Florida’s worker’s compensation laws are less than the wages employee would have received if they had not been injured and continued working. For this, reason, injured e[...]