Criminally Victimized Workers And Their Right To Physical Or Mental Injury Compensation

Nobody expects to be criminally victimized during their work shift, but the fact of the matter is that it happens to workers every day. Many of these workers have physical scars from the incident, but oftentimes they also bear significant mental anguish as a result of the crime, and many do not realize that they may be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits for the invisible burden they carry. Below, we take a closer look at how workers who have been assaulted on the job can get compensation for their physical or mental injuries.

Workers’ Compensation For Assaults On The Job

Workers are becoming the victims of criminal activity at alarming rates in the US. In fact, a recent study found that robberies or criminal assaults accounted for 11 percent of all paid mental health claims between 2015 and 2024. Moreover, 18% of those claims involved more than seven days of lost time. Even if an individual is able to return to the workplace in relatively short order, they may still carry a heavy mental burden. Anxiety, PTSD and depression diagnoses can all develop out of a traumatic experience, and Minnesota recently made it easier for workers to earn compensation for these types of claims.

We’ve helped our fair share of clients get compensation following a robbery, assault or criminal activity. Examples of common cases of workplace violence that we’ve seen include:

Physical altercations between coworkers.
Customer assaults on waiters, bartenders, and other service professionals.
Healthcare workers being assaulted by patients who are detoxing or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Delivery drivers who had been robbed on their route.
Bank tellers and gas station workers who have been held up at gunpoint.
Referees who have been assaulted by angry coaches, fans or players.
Teachers who have been hit, bit, kicked or assaulted by students.
First responders and police who have been injured by suspects.

It’s also important to remember that you don’t need to be criminally victimized in order to be eligible for physical or mental injuries that were inflicted upon you during your line of work. We’ve helped emergency responders get PTSD compensation after dealing with particularly harrowing situations on the job. We’ve helped delivery drivers get compensation for visible and invisible scars as a result of a dog attack on their route. We’ve helped police officers get compensation for their mental health disorders following a distressing incident during their shift. Getting compensation for the physical damages is pretty straightforward, but it takes a professional to ensure you get the compensation you deserve for mental health conditions.

We’ve seen a noticeable shift in our pursuit of mental health injury claims in recent years, and it’s no surprise that the data backs up this shift. Mental health claims have increased roughly 50% since 2015, and it’s no doubt that COVID-19 played a role in that shift. People were on edge and were more likely to act impulsively, and oftentimes it was someone just trying to get through their shift that bore the brunt of this anger.

So if you have been criminally victimized on the job or are simply hoping to earn injury compensation for physical damages or a mental health condition that arose directly out of your line of work, connect with the team of attorneys who have been winning these claims for clients for years now. Let us get you the compensation you deserve so that you can recover both physically and mentally without also dealing with the financial burden the incident has caused. For more information on how we can help, or to set up a free case evaluation, give Dean and the team at Margolis Law Firm a call today at (952) 230-2700.