FAQs

Most of the time, you are entitled to collect workers' compensation benefits on the eighth day after the disabling injury. This only applies if a qualified healthcare provider relates your disability to the work injury and has deemed you medically unable to work.

You can receive TTD (Temporary Total Disability) compensation benefits for as long as your qualified healthcare provider determines you are disabled from work.

Your compensation is determined by your average weekly wages before the work accident occurred. You are entitled to receive 66.66%.

In Louisiana, your employer is responsible for paying healthcare providers under a fee schedule established by the legislature when you are determined to be disabled from work.

Yes, your employer has the right to send you to a medical provider of their choice if you sustain a work-related accident. However, according to Louisiana law, you also have the right to choose the physician of your choice in all specialties as well.

Yes, if you sustained disabling injuries, you are entitled to receive workers' compensation benefits. You also have the right to file a claim against the negligent driver. In this case, the compensation carrier has the right to intervene. In other words, they are entitled to recoup their costs in your workers' compensation claim from the insurance carrier of the negligent driver.

Most of the time, the attorney fee for a personal injury case is 33.33% as a standard. However, in workers’ compensation cases in Louisiana, the fees are 20% as determined by the legislature.

Your employer may provide transportation for you to get to medical appointments. However, most of the time, your employer will simply reimburse your mileage expenses. That means you will be reimbursed for trips to the doctor’s office, physical therapist, pharmacist, and so on.