Albuquerque Work Injury Attorney

If you’ve been injured while working in Albuquerque, New Mexico, don’t hesitate to call Singleton Schreiber for a free consultation. You have rights and protections under the law, and our Albuquerque injury lawyers can help you fight for compensation to ease your road to recovery.

Singleton Schreiber is an award-winning personal injury law firm dedicated to fighting for the rights of injured workers and their families, not employers and corporations. Leveraging decades of collective experience handling high-stakes civil cases, our top-rated New Mexico trial attorneys have recovered $3 billion (and counting) in monetary awards.

Discover what it means to work with our local lawyers and have our law firm’s national resources behind your work injury case. Call our Albuquerque, NM law office today.

Decades of Experience Litigating All Types of Work Injury Cases

Statistically, you’re more likely to get hurt working in New Mexico than in most other states. This could be due, in part, to the fact that many of New Mexico’s primary industries are particularly dangerous, including oil and gas extraction, aerospace manufacturing, renewable energy, transportation, mining, and agriculture. 

Many companies within these industries have locations or are headquartered in Albuquerque.

Needless to say, Albuquerque’s population tends to have high-stakes, potentially dangerous occupations. Singleton Schreiber can offer the skilled, knowledgeable, and winning legal representation that’s needed when you get hurt on the job.

We represent clients who’ve suffered work injuries because of:

• Slip and fall accidents
• Falling objects
• Getting caught in/between objects
• Struck by object accidents
• Truck accidents
• Mining accidents
• Warehouse accidents
• Manufacturing accidents
• Falls from heights
• Electrocution accidents
• Heavy machinery accidents
• Accidents involving defective work equipment
• Overexertion and repetitive motion injuries
• Assaults and workplace violence 
• Wildfires
• Construction accidents

Our personal injury attorneys in Albuquerque also represent families who’ve experienced the wrongful death of a loved one in fatal work accidents in Bernalillo County. 

Clients trust us to handle their work injury cases because we take the time to handle each case with genuine interest, compassion, and care. Our commitment to every case’s individual requirements allows us to yield life-changing case results every day.

What Are My Options For Getting Compensation If I’m Injured While Working in Albuquerque, NM?

A work-related injury can have immediate and lasting effects on your life. Fortunately, as a worker, you have many protections under New Mexico law, including the right to request compensation to mitigate the financial stresses of your injuries.

Depending on how and why you were injured at work, you’ll often have two potential courses of action: file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits and/or seek damages in a civil personal injury lawsuit.

Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ compensation is a private, no-fault insurance system that operates outside of New Mexico’s traditional civil tort system. If you work in construction or for another type of employer with three or more employees, you might qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. 

You’ll qualify for benefits if you’re an employee and your injuries were sustained within the scope of your employment.

Benefits include limited economic assistance for medical treatment, temporary lost wages, permanent disability, diminished earning capacity, and rehabilitation. 

Workers’ compensation won’t cover all of your work injury damages. Wage benefits are subject to statutory caps, and no compensation for harder-to-value pain and suffering can be awarded.

Civil Lawsuit

If you got hurt because someone was negligent, due to an act of workplace violence, or because of a defective product, you might have the opportunity to pursue compensatory damages in a civil personal injury lawsuit.

Damages can include money for:

• Medical bills
• Present and future lost wages
• Reduced earning capacity
• Costs paid out of pocket
• Nursing assistance
• Pain and suffering
• Disfigurement
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Inconvenience
• PTSD
• Chronic physical pain
• Emotional distress

While workers’ compensation benefits are subject to limitations, damages awarded in a civil lawsuit are not. You can recover compensation for the full extent of your injuries, costs, and suffering. Working with an experienced Albuquerque work injury attorney at Singleton Schreiber can help to ensure that you’re best positioned to maximize your financial recovery.

Can I Sue My Employer For a Work Injury in New Mexico?

It depends. You’ll typically waive the right to sue your employer if you file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. If your employer doesn't have workers’ compensation or if you suffered injuries because of your employer’s gross negligence, you might have the ability to file a lawsuit against them to hold them accountable.

What Does it Cost to Hire a Work Injury Attorney in Albuquerque?

Nothing out of your own pocket. Singleton Schreiber knows that whether you’ve suffered bone fractures, a knee injury, herniated discs in your back, burns, or other injuries at work, the consequences can be swift and severe. They can be costly, too. Hiring our work injury attorneys in Albuquerque doesn’t add to your financial stress.

Our contingent legal services mean our fees are based on results. We don’t get paid until we win compensation for your work injury claim. Fees are deducted from your financial award, so you don’t have to worry about asking for help.

Singleton Schreiber is the Trusted Advocate For Injured Workers in Albuquerque, NM

Workplace injuries are common in New Mexico, but you don’t have to struggle with the aftermath alone. Working with an experienced Albuquerque work injury attorney gives you the chance to focus on getting better while also taking advantage of opportunities to demand compensation.

Workers and families choose Singleton Schreiber because we’re honest, relentless, and fearless advocates with a proven track record.

Ask for our help and we will investigate your work injury, assess your legal options, gather valuable evidence, and work hand-in-hand with respected experts to build a winning personal injury case on your behalf. We’ll do our best to negotiate favorable terms in a settlement, but won’t hesitate to bring your dispute to court if necessary.

You’ll have a limited time to file a work injury claim in New Mexico. If you wait too long, you’ll lose out on valuable compensation.

Every second counts when you’ve been hurt on the job, so contact our Albuquerque law office for a free case review today.