Walmart Work Injuries in Texas

Walmart associates who are injured in Texas have certain benefits under the Walmart, Inc. Texas injury care benefit plan. Walmart revises that plan from time to time. We provide at this blog some information regarding benefits that Walmart might provide, as well as claims that might be had by Walmart employees who are injured in Texas at work.

The Texas Walmart Work Injury Plan provides urgent care medical benefits in certain situations. It may also provide pre-service medical benefits such benefits are subject to an appeal, if they are denied. Walmart has an appeals’ committee to handle such appeals of Texas Walmart worker injury claims.

Aside from whatever benefits Walmart provides pursuant it to its work injury plan, Walmart workers can, as of this writing, initiate an arbitration proceeding against Walmart for damages not provided by Walmart. These damages can include loss of earning capacity, physical pain and suffering, and physical impairment. A work injury lawyer who has handled such claims should be able to properly advise an injured employee in Texas.

If there is an appeal of certain benefits under Walmart’s Texas Work Accident Plan, the appeals’ committee has to provide the injured employee with written or electronic notification of the plan’s benefit determination after a review. If the determination is an adverse benefit determination, the notice has to be written in a manner that you as an injured Walmart associate can understand. There are specific things that that notice must include. There are also additional requirements if the adverse benefit determination is in response to a claim for medical benefits. If you are confused about any of this, you may consider contacting a Texas job accident attorney for assistance.

We find that, when certain Texas employers who have chosen not to carry workers compensation coverage provide benefit plans, that those plans do not fully compensate an employee for all damages he or she has suffered as a result of a work injury. If you believe that to be the case with regard to your work injury, feel free to contact our firm to see if we can assist you.

Written By: Dean Malone

Dean Malone

Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.