Workers' Compensation & Wrongful Discharge

Northeast Oklahoma Workers' Compensation

The attorneys at Armstrong & Lowe, P.C. represent injured employees and workers that have been injured while on the job in Oklahoma.  Our workers’ compensation attorneys regularly represent people throughout northeast Oklahoma, in cities such as Sapulpa, Sand Springs, Bartlesville, Muskogee, Okmulgee, and all cities in between.

When employees are hurt or injured while performing their duties at work, there is a specialized area of legislation referred to as workers' compensation law that governs from whom and how much an injured employee can recover. Work related injuries or illnesses that trigger workers' compensation coverage include the following:

• Asbestos exposure and occupational diseases
• Back injuries, knee injuries, neck injuries, and shoulder injuries
• Burns, electrocution, and other injuries suffered in fires and explosions
• Carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive trauma injuries
• Chemical burns and toxic chemical exposure
• Disfigurement and scarring
• Work-related emotional and psychiatric problems resulting from physical injuries
• Eye injuries and hearing problems
• Work-induced heart attacks and work-induced strokes

Available benefits in a workers' compensation case include the payment of medical bills, job training, temporary total disability benefits, permanent partial disability benefits, total disability benefits, and death benefits if the employee died as a result of a work-related injury. We also handle third-party negligence claims involving employers, contractors, and other third parties that caused or contributed to a work-related accident. When a job-related injury terms into a long-term disability, the lawyers at Armstrong & Lowe, P.C. also handle long-term disability claims and appeals involving:

• Social security disability/Income Benefits (DIB)
• Disability insurance benefits
• Disabled widow and widowers benefits
• Disabled adult child benefits
• Supplemental security income (SSI)

Wrongful Discharge

In Oklahoma, it is unlawful for an employer to discharge an employee for filing, or causing to be filed, a workers' compensation claim. This protection extends to all employees and all employers except those excluded under the Workers' Compensation Act. Important factors to be considered are the length of employment, the proximity of the firing to the filing of the workers' compensation claim, and the employers 'reputation' for firing all, or mostly all, workers' compensation claimants. Recoverable damages include back wages, future wages and punitive damages for the employer's willful act.

Contact Us

To learn more about workers' compensation law or social security disability please contact Armstrong & Lowe, P.C. today. For immediate assistance call us toll-free in Tulsa at 1-800-722-8880.