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Defense Base Act Workers’ Compensation Lawyers

The Defense Base Act covers the employees of private enterprises that are engaged in national-defense or war-related “public work” on behalf of the United States or its allies. If you were injured in the course and scope of your employment as a federal contractor, then you are more than likely eligible for benefits and compensation under the Defense Base Act. The Defense Base Act covers government contractors in working Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, South Korea, Dubai, or other places where the U.S. Military maintains a presence.

No matter what your defense support job — transportation specialist, base support worker, translator or linguist, construction worker, security guard, ship worker, service worker, truck or convoy driver — our Defense Base Act workers’ compensation lawyers can help you secure the relief you deserve.

At the Goings Law Firm, LLC, our Defense Base Act lawyer is based in Columbia, South Carolina understand how important it is for those injured while working for the military overseas to receive compensation that covers medical expenses and other costs following a workplace accident. An injury can saddle you with expensive medical bills and keep you from returning to work for an extended period of time. As such, our Columbia legal team believes that you deserve excellent legal representation to help you seek the compensation you need, and we are ready to put our firm’s considerable experience and resources to work for you.

Benefits Available Under the Defense Base Act

Under the Defense Base Act, non-military employees and defense contractors who were injured overseas working on U.S. military bases may be eligible for certain benefits after suffering a work-related injury. If you or a loved one has been injured while working as a military contractor, you may qualify for the following benefits:

Medical treatment
Disability compensation
Vocational rehabilitation
Death benefits

Unfortunately, because some employers can be so reluctant to provide compensation to injured civilian contractors, it may be necessary to take legal action in order to secure these benefits.

Consult a Defense Base Act Lawyer if You Have been Injured While Serving as an Overseas Defense Contractor Employee

If you’ve been injured as a civilian contractor working on an overseas U.S. military base, you likely deserve to be compensated for work-related injuries, regardless of your non-military status. At the Goings Law Firm, LLC, our Defense Base Act lawyers understand that you may be worried about your financial future while trying to recover from your injuries. Fortunately, there is help available. If you are concerned about not receiving the funds you need, call (803) 350-9230 today to speak with an experienced workers’ compensation and Defense Base Act lawyer who can guide you through the process of seeking medical treatment and full compensation.

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The Goings Law Firm represents victims of drunk driving collisions. We are offended by drunk drivers, and we fight hard to make sure those drunk drivers stay off the road and require that they pay our clients a lot of money for the harm they cause. Because of the egregious nature of alcohol related collisions, juries can award large verdicts to punish and deter the drunk driver from doing this again. Because of this, the most important thing you should do if you were hit by an intoxicated driver is call or text our team of experienced personal injury and wrongful death lawyers immediately. We fight drunk driving cases hard so you receive the best results in not only fully recovering all for your medical expenses, disability, pain and suffering, but also “punitive damages” design to punish and deter this reckless conduct. Not only do we seek full recovery from the drunk driver and all applicable insurance companies, we will also investigate bring a alcohol liability or “dram shop” case against the bar or restaurant that served the alcohol to the impair or drunk driver. If you or a loved one have been injured as a result of a drunk driver, call or text the Columbia Injury Attorneys with the experience to get you the results you deserve. The number is [phone-number linked=true].

You are likely not liable if you are injured or contract an illness due to working conditions. For those who follow all expressed safety procedures and company policies, you will most likely receive the worker’s compensation that you deserve. However, workers who injure themselves intentionally, work while intoxicated, or violate safety policies, may not be eligible to receive compensation. Discuss your eligibility for receiving workers compensation with an experienced personal injury attorney today.

It’s almost impossible to know exactly when a case will conclude or how long an individual personal injury case will take, as the length of time that these cases can take varies so much based on unique case distinctions. If your case requires witness testimony, the collection of a lot of evidence, general delays in proceedings, or other time-consuming aspects, then it might take longer than one in which these things are not required. However, the best way to get an estimate of how long a case might take is to talk with an experienced attorney from the Goings Law Firm, LLC about the specifics of your situation

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Last Updated : September 24, 2014

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