Dade City Personal Injury Lawyer

Your hometown workers’ compensation and Social Security Disability lawyer

Like many communities in Central Florida, Dade City has a rich past. The sprawling Hugh Embry Library, one of the largest ones in the area, began in 1904. At the time, Hugh Embry was a 25-year-old tuberculosis patient who enjoyed reading. So, he solicited donations of books from local households and developed a small library in the family home on Church Street. The library almost closed when he died three years later. The passionate efforts of community members and civic organizations, such as the Dade City Woman’s Club, kept it going.

Likewise, the Dade City personal injury lawyers at the Rooth Law Firm are passionate about their work and committed to the Pasco County area. We contribute to our community by obtaining disability benefits for injured victims, whether they were injured on the job or someplace else. These victims are entitled to substantial, life-changing financial benefits, and they need professional legal help to secure these benefits.

Matters We Handle

A work-related or non-work-related disability turns life upside down. Everyday activities, like going to work and earning money, become impossible. At the same time, unexpected medical bills pile up, and there is no way to pay them.

Our Dade City personal injury lawyers help these families get back on their feet, financially and emotionally. We focus exclusively on:

• Social Security Disability: These disability benefits include monthly cash and Medicaid membership. Basically, according to the Social Security Administration, a disability is a medical condition that makes it impossible to work. Disabilities vary in different people. A permanent finger injury is probably disabling for a musician but probably not disabling for a lawyer.
• Workers’ Compensation: If a permanent or temporary disability was work-related, workers’ comp benefits include lost wage replacement and medical bill payment. Generally, these benefits continue for the duration of that temporary or permanent disability. Some limited defenses are available in some situations.

Our focus makes a difference. To us, disability injury law is not a sideshow. It is all we do, so we do it well. Our experience makes a difference as well. We have been helping disability victims since 1994. Furthermore, Joseph Rooth is a board-certified workers’ compensation lawyer. Fewer than 1% of Florida attorneys have earned this designation.

The Claims Process

SSD and workers’ compensation are available for different kinds of victims. However, the claims process is very similar in both areas.

Initially, a claims officer reviews the victim’s application, taking into account medical bills and little else. Partially because of the limited scope of this review and partially because the claims officer is part of an insurance company or government bureaucracy, these claims officers deny almost all claims, at least in part.

The tables are turned at a subsequent administrative law judge review hearing. ALJ hearings are basically private trials. Since a Dad City personal injury lawyer can introduce evidence, make legal arguments, and challenge evidence, the approval percentage is much higher.

For this reason, most disability claims settle out of court between the initial review and ALJ appeal. A certain settlement agreement is more favorable than an uncertain ALJ hearing result. Furthermore, settlements are final resolutions. Instead of tying up ALJ decisions in appeals courts, defendants write checks.

Count on a Detail-Oriented Pasco County Workers Comp Lawyer

Victims need and deserve compensation for their serious injuries. For a confidential consultation with a board-certified workers’ compensation lawyer in Dade City, contact the Rooth Law Firm. We routinely handle matters in Pinellas County and nearby jurisdictions.