“There are several different ways someone can get hurt on the job.  From what are seemingly minor injuries—to a paper cut, to an insect bite, all the way to catastrophic injuries of falling off buildings, out of trees, and so forth. Some people will think maybe they don’t need to see a lawyer because it’s […]

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“Injured workers often ask me why should I get a workers’ comp lawyer if I have an insurance carrier that is taking care of me? They’re paying me, they’re paying my medical bills. Because you need someone working for you. The insurance carrier has lawyers working for them, helping them through the case. Remember their […]

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“The Law Office of Darren Shoen represents clients from far and wide, throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. It’s a regional law practice. So we primarily represent injured workers from Richmond, all the way west out to say Wythe County, Galax and even further Southwest. Several clients come from the Southside area as well–Danville and South […]

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“You know you need a workers’ comp lawyer if you got hurt at work. You can always use a workers comp lawyer; someone like myself who does workers comp and knows workers’ comp. When I advise somebody who just calls me, even if it’s as simple as you got a cut finger at work. I […]

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“If your job requires you to be outside of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and typically a Virginia worker, it can be a complex situation. In certain cases, you can apply for benefits in the state where you were hurt or you can apply in the Commonwealth of Virginia as well. It just depends—you know per […]

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