If you have been injured at work, you might be worried that there is no restitution for all of your pain and suffering. A work related injury that is severe can affect your ability to carry a job, live your life normally, and can negatively affect your finances. This is why many people choose to file a workers compensation lawsuit. Here are some things you need to know about filing a lawsuit.

1. File A Claim First

Before you go to an attorney about a lawsuit you should file a claim with your employment first. You may file the claim to your boss, or you will file it to the company's insurance provider. In many cases this will be as much as you need to do to get what you deserve. In the claim, you will itemize all of your expenses because of the accident, and, hopefully, the company and the insurance will simply pay out. If you can get the insurance provider to cooperate with your request, there will be no need to file a lawsuit. This is ideal seeing that it will save you money in attorney's fees and will save you time. So make sure you try to work it out with a claim first.

2. Keep Documentation Of All Of The Expenses

Whether you file a claim or a lawsuit, you will need to have proof of all of the expenses from your injuries. For example, if you had to go to physical therapy, needed surgery, missed work, and so forth because of the accident, you will need to keep all the medical bills and doctor notes explaining that the surgery was because of the accident. You should also keep pay stubs and any correspondence you had with your employer. If they fired you because of the injury, or if they failed to pay you for time off because of the accident, you can use this in the lawsuit. Keeping every piece of correspondence will be the best thing for your situation.

3. Don't Wait To Resolve It

Because of your injury you may not feel emotionally ready to fight on payment for the injuries. The problem is that there is a time limit to how long you can wait to file a claim or a lawsuit. Thus, if you wait too long, you might lose your chance to get the money that you deserve. Start the process as soon as the injury occurs.

For more information, talk to a workers compensation lawyer like Wolter, Beeman, Lynch & Londrigan LLP.