Baltimore Workers' Compensation Lawyer
David Fink
Suffering an on-the-job injury can be a harrowing experience. In addition to the pain and discomfort of the injury itself, there are often worries about keeping the bills paid and getting adequate medical care. The injured worker is most often forced to deal with the red tape and bureaucracy of an insurance company who is choosing the doctors and controlling the amount of benefit checks, if any, that are issued to the injured worker.
A total of 4.7 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry workplaces during 2002, resulting in a rate of 5.3 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, according to a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Work laws are designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled on the job are provided with fixed monetary awards, eliminating the need for litigation. But sometimes companies and private employers subvert these laws and fail to pay sufficient money to those injured or disabled on the job.
As an experienced Baltimore Workers' Compensation Lawyer, I have helped thousands of clients throughout Maryland protect their rights. Call my office immediately if you have problems with:
A total of 4.7 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry workplaces during 2002, resulting in a rate of 5.3 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, according to a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Work laws are designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled on the job are provided with fixed monetary awards, eliminating the need for litigation. But sometimes companies and private employers subvert these laws and fail to pay sufficient money to those injured or disabled on the job.
As an experienced Baltimore Workers' Compensation Lawyer, I have helped thousands of clients throughout Maryland protect their rights. Call my office immediately if you have problems with:
- Workers' Compensation
- Falls & Slips
- Disability
- Wrongful Death
- Work Vehicle Accidents
- Construction Accidents
- Factory Machine Injuries
- Catastrophic Injury
- Emotional and Physical Stress Claims
- Occupational Disease
- Toxic Exposure
- Orthopedic injuries
- Repetitive Stress injuries
- Hernias
- Back injuries
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Amputations
- Industrial Accidents
- Burn Injuries
- Retaliatory Discharge From Workers' Compensation Claims
- Lead Paint Poisoning
- Auto Accidents
- Life Insurance Claims
- Medical Malpractice
Maryland Workers' Compensation laws provide protection for people who become injured while working in the line and scope of their employment. Occupational diseases and gradual injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome are also covered. Work injury laws cover every type of employee in every type of job -- including factory workers, office workers, supervisors, clean-up crew workers, computer technicians, heavy equipment operators and others. As a respected Baltimore Workers' Compensation Lawyer, I have the experience and knowledge to guide you through the process while protecting your legal rights. My record of success includes
multiple lead paint settlements totaling millions of dollars in the last few years.
If you have been injured while working on the job and your employer has failed to give you sufficient funds, call my office today. I will handle your case with a high standard of quality.
My Firm offers highly personalized service. I personally meet with each client and evaluate all cases. I am committed to taking cases with clear merit and maximizing the recovery for the claim.
If you or someone you know in Maryland needs the assistance of an experienced Baltimore Workers' Compensation Lawyer, call Attorney David E. Fink today at 866-685-9482, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.
Practice Areas and Legal Definitions
Workers' Compensation:
Workers' compensation is insurance that an employer is required by law to carry in case an employee is injured on-the-job or becomes ill, temporarily or permanently disabled, or fatally injured due to circumstances surrounding his or her job.
Although workers' compensation laws vary from state to state, covered medical care generally includes medical, surgical and hospital services, dental services, crutches, hearing aids, chiropractic treatment, physical therapy, nursing care and prescribed medications. Additional monetary compensation may be provided if an injured employee is temporarily unable to work for more than a certain number of calendar days set by state law, hospitalized as an in-patient, or becomes permanently disabled due to a job-related injury or illness. The right to receive medical treatment at the employer's expense typically continues as long as treatment is reasonable and necessary to treat the injury.
Orthopedic injuries:
Orthopedic injuries can include injuries involving the spine, bones, joints, muscles, nerves and other parts of the skeletal system. The most common orthopedic injuries are bone fractures, sprains and strains. Sprains describe an injury to a ligament and strains describe an injury to muscle. Treatment for orthopedic injuries include medical counseling, medications, casts, splints and therapies, such as exercise or surgery.
Repetitive Stress injury:
If an individual develops a repetitive stress injury (i.e. carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, tennis elbow, etc.) from duties performed while on-the-job, he or she may receive workers' compensation benefits including their choice of doctor(s), full medical care compensation, lost wage benefits, a lump-sum cash settlement, vocational retraining or re-schooling and permanent wage loss benefits.
Construction/Industrial Accidents:
Construction labor makes up one of the three most dangerous occupations in the United States today; each year producing thousands of debilitating injuries and wrongful deaths. Factors that contribute to construction accidents include workers lifting loads with worn and weathered cables, working on elevated platforms without fall protection or wearing defective safety harnesses and lanyards, and/or working in trenches with improper benching and using outdated tools and equipment.
Construction site personal injury law is not practiced nor understood by many personal injury attorneys. As a result, many personal injury construction claims are often subject to mediocre representation and minimal financial compensation due to improper legal counsel. Injured construction workers are urged to seek a workers' compensation attorney who is knowledgeable in a variety of construction techniques and has successfully litigated numerous construction site personal injury cases.
Burn Injuries:
People who have suffered and survived the agony of second, third and even fourth degree burns describe the pain they experienced as among the most severe of all traumatic injuries. Personal injuries involving severe burns commonly result from explosions, premises fires, defective products, motor vehicle collisions, electric shock, as well as accidental exposure to harmful chemicals and radiation.
Toxic Exposure:
Due to the tremendous growth of corporate industry in the United States over the past fifty years, the number of dangerous, toxic substances in the environment has grown significantly. Some toxic substances are shown to cause substantial injury to people, such as lead-based paint (linked to brain damage, especially in children), asbestos (linked to lung cancer and restrictive lung disease), dry cleaning and other solvents (linked to brain damage and major organ damage), pesticides such as dioxin and DDT (linked to birth injuries) and toxic landfill waste (linked to leukemia).
Retaliatory Discharge:
If an individual is terminated from their place of employment after reporting a workers' compensation claim, he or she could be entitled to substantial damages in a retaliatory discharge lawsuit against their former employer.
Federal laws prohibit an employer from discharging or discriminating against an employee because of a workers' compensation injury. If an employer fires or forces the resignation of an injured employee in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim, the employee can file a civil lawsuit against the employer seeking damages in court, provided the employee has evidence of such an allegation. Also, if an employer denies permission for immediate medical attention following a work-related injury, or does not permit an employee to seek out the services of other medical professionals in conjunction with assigned company doctors, the employee can seek legal retribution under workers' compensation laws.
If you or someone you know in Maryland needs the assistance of an experienced Baltimore Workers' Compensation Lawyer, call Attorney David E. Fink today at 866-685-9482, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.
Professional Profile
If you or someone you know in Maryland needs the assistance of an experienced Baltimore Workers' Compensation Lawyer, call Attorney David E. Fink today at 866-685-9482, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.
ADDRESS OF THE FIRM:
Law Offices of David E. Fink
1 North Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: 866-685-9482
Fax: 410-547-7206
MEMBERS OF THE FIRM:
David E. Fink
The only Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated solo practice attorney in Baltimore, David Fink is a skilled negotiator and an effective trial attorney. He has taken over 100 cases to jury trial and won all but two of them. He has frequently served as a lecturer for the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Legal Education of Lawyers and for the Judicial Institute of Maryland, teaching other lawyers and judges about various aspects of personal injury law, litigation and trial issues. He has been honored by inclusion in The Bar Register of Pre-eminent Attorneys and has lectured and published extensively in the area of Insurance Disputes and Workers' Compensation.
EDUCATION:
- J.D., University of Maryland Law School, 1991
- Maryland
- Federal
- American Bar Association
- Maryland Trial Lawyers Association
- Maryland Bar Association
- Chairman, Board of Directors, Weinberg Academy
- President, Bnei Jacob Slereei Zion Congregation
- Former Employees Suing Prudential for Benefit Fraud Seek Mass Tort Status (Law.com)
The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering mass-tort treatment for claims by hundreds of former Prudential Insurance Co. workers that the company conspired with a New York law firm to bamboozle them out of employment benefits. Angela Roper, who represents 161 of the 236 plaintiffs, said in an application made public Monday that coordinated discovery and special masters would help resolve the ...
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David Fink
Law Offices of David E. Fink
1 North Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 866-685-9482
Fax: 410-547-7206
