Legal Tip Tuesday: Filing Errors That Hurt Injured Workers
November 4, 2025
Author: Michael Vincent Quatrini
Video Transcript
When you’re hurt at work, your employer and their insurance company must file injury paperwork with the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. But mistakes are common, like wrong body parts, wrong injury descriptions, or filing your claim as “medical only.” These errors can limit your benefits, especially your future wage loss benefits. Even if you’re already getting your medical bills paid, make sure your injury is documented correctly. Our team reviews these filings every day to ensure workers are protected now and in the future.
I’m Michael Quatrini and welcome to Legal Tip Tuesday. When someone’s injured at work, the employer and the insurance company are required to file paperwork with the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. So often, that paperwork doesn’t get filed or it has the wrong description of injury or wrong body part on it. More often than that, some claims are accepted as medical only and don’t recognize the fact that the individual may be entitled to lost wages now or in the future. It’s important to call our office anytime you’re injured, even if benefits are being paid, to ensure that the right paperwork has been filed, that it has the correct description of
injury and body parts, and to protect you for future wage loss should you be off of work at any point in time in the future. Michael Quatrini, Legal Tip Tuesday.