Miami Workers' Compensation Lawyers
Your employer's carrier decides which doctor you see and when checks stop. We make sure you get every benefit the law provides, and more when a third party is at fault.
Workers' Compensation
How we handle workers' compensation cases
Florida workers' compensation is a no-fault system: you do not have to prove your employer did anything wrong. But carriers routinely deny claims, cut off wage benefits early and send injured workers back to work before they are ready. Deadlines are short, including a 30-day window to report the injury to your employer.
We file petitions for benefits, challenge authorized doctor decisions and fight for impairment benefits. When a subcontractor, equipment manufacturer or negligent driver caused the injury, we pursue a separate personal injury lawsuit, which can recover pain and suffering that workers' comp never pays.
Window to report a workplace injury to your employer. This is a practice fact, not a case result: we publish no settlement or verdict figures anywhere on this site.
Cases we take
- Construction falls and scaffolding accidents
- Warehouse and forklift injuries
- Hotel and restaurant worker injuries
- Repetitive stress and back injuries
- Denied or terminated benefits
- Third-party negligence lawsuits
What working with us looks like
Our workers' compensation process
Every case gets the same disciplined start, adapted to the evidence that matters most for this type of claim.
Report and file correctly
Notice to your employer and a petition for benefits filed within the required deadlines.
Same daySecure proper care
We push for specialists and challenge one-time change requests that are denied.
Week oneProtect wage benefits
Temporary total, temporary partial and impairment income benefits calculated accurately.
Until maximum medical improvementLook beyond comp
Third-party claims against contractors and manufacturers can add substantial recovery.
When treatment is complete
Categories, not numbers
Compensation you may recover
Florida law allows injured people to recover economic and non-economic losses. What any individual claim is worth depends on its own evidence and on the insurance that is actually available, so we list the categories and never a figure.
- Authorized medical care and mileage
- Temporary wage replacement benefits
- Impairment income benefits
- Permanent total disability benefits
- Third-party pain and suffering
- Third-party lost earning capacity
What affects the value of your case
- Average weekly wage
- Benefits are based on your pre-injury wage, including overtime and concurrent jobs.
- Impairment rating
- Your permanent impairment rating directly drives impairment income benefits.
- Third-party liability
- A non-employer at fault opens the door to full personal injury damages.
- Settlement structure
- Future medical closure and Medicare set-asides must be handled carefully.
Comp stopped my checks after six weeks. Luis got them restarted and found a claim against the subcontractor I did not know I had.
Osvaldo Méndez, Doral. Workers' compensation client.
No numbers, by policy
Sample workers' compensation results
- Resolved in litigationWorkers' Compensation · 2023
Scaffolding collapse at a Brickell high-rise site
Benefits resumed and the third party action resolved separately. The comp carrier's equitable distribution claim was negotiated down before disbursement.
- Tried to verdictWrongful Death · 2025
Commercial van runs a red light on NW 27th Avenue
Liability was conceded during trial and the estate resolved the claim against the carrier and its excess insurer together.
- Resolved in litigationTruck Accident · 2024
Tractor-trailer lane change on Florida's Turnpike
The carrier withdrew the phantom vehicle defence and the case resolved at mediation, with a funded vocational retraining plan built into the resolution.
- Tried to verdictCar Accident · 2025
Distracted driver rear-ends stopped traffic on I-95
A Miami-Dade jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff on liability and damages, assigning the defendant the entire share of fault on the verdict form.
- Resolved before suitMedical Malpractice · 2023
Emergency department misses stroke symptoms
The hospital resolved the claim inside the statutory pre-suit period and revised its posterior circulation triage protocol.
- Resolved in litigationMotorcycle Accident · 2024
SUV turns left across a rider's path on Biscayne Boulevard
The comparative fault argument was abandoned and the claim resolved against the driver's carrier and then the rider's own uninsured motorist carrier, in that order.
- Resolved in litigationSlip & Fall · 2025
Unmarked spill in a Doral supermarket aisle
Constructive notice was established on the documents alone and the carrier resolved the claim before depositions closed.
- Resolved before suitDog Bite · 2024
Neighbour's dog attacks a child in Kendall
The claim resolved against the landlord's carrier with the future scar revision care accounted for. The neighbour paid nothing personally.
Illustrative sample matters for this demo website. We publish no settlement or verdict figures anywhere. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Every matter, in fullWorkers' Compensation questions
Florida-specific answers. For advice on your situation, request a free review.
No. Florida law prohibits retaliation against employees who file valid workers' compensation claims.
Usually not, because workers' comp is the exclusive remedy. But you can sue third parties such as subcontractors, property owners or equipment manufacturers.
No upfront cost. Attorney fees in Florida comp cases are regulated by statute and often paid by the carrier when benefits are wrongly denied.
Related practice areas
Slip & FallFalls in stores, condos, hotels, restaurants and parking garages caused by hazards owners ignored.
Truck Accidents18-wheelers, box trucks, delivery vans and commercial fleets that break federal safety rules.
Wrongful DeathCompassionate, relentless representation for families who lost someone to another's negligence.