Workers Compensation

Under Missouri law, an employee is entitled to three major benefits. (1) the employer has an obligation to provide medical care and treatment for the employee until the employee has reached maximum medical improvement. The employer must pay for this treatment and has the right to choose the medical practitioner who will provide the appropriate medical care; (2) while the employee is unable to return to work the employer is required to pay to the employee weekly benefits which are called temporary total benefits; (3) the employee is entitled to payment of a sum of money for permanent partial disability for any disability that is sustained by the employee. If the employee is unable to return to work because of the injury he is entitled to a weekly payment for life. Additionally, an employee may be entitled to benefits from the Second Injury Fund which is maintained by the State of Missouri for any disabilities that preexisted the last injury sustained against the employer. This is an additional benefit over and above the disability award against the Employer.

THE ROACH LAW FIRM and Susan K. Roach have been handling workers compensation claims for over 24 years. Ms. Roach is a former Special Assistant Attorney general who represented the Second injury Fund through the State of Missouri. Her specific knowledge regarding workers compensation claims and the Second Injury fund and the firms experience in this field is a key to maximizing a financial recovery for the client. THE ROACH LAW FIRM has litigated and settled workers compensation cases over the last 24 years including permanent partial disability cases and permanent total cases against the employer and the Second Injury Fund so that clients are presently receiving life time benefits. In these types of cases THE ROACH LAW FIRM has also been instrumental in achieving monthly social security benefits for the client over and above the workers compensation benefits.

It is the goal of THE ROACH LAW FIRM to obtain the maximum benefits due the client under the workers compensation system whether it be for a lump sum award for injuries that are not employment career ending or for lifetime benefits for the more serious injuries that prohibit an employee from returning to gainful employment.