Accident While Driving Personal Vehicle For Work

Involved in an accident while driving your personal vehicle for work? Tennessee law allows workers compensation car accident victims to file two claims: Work comp benefits and a personal injury claim against the at fault driver. Employees cannot sue their employer for a car accident injury sustained on the job. If you were working and a third party caused the injury then personal injury law and workers compensation law overlap. 

Workers Compensation will not pay for your vehicle repairs and will not provide a rental car on your behalf. Work Comp is typically an injured employee’s only way to recover benefits for Tennessee work accidents. When both claims are available and pursued properly the employee receives the most protection available under Tennessee personal injury law. Call Car Accident Lawyer George Angelopoulos at 615-422-7171 or complete our free case review to get started today.

Driving To Work Accident Workers Comp

Tennessee law covers employees while on the clock or performing job functions. Unfortunately, driving to work accident workers comp claims are not considered part of most job functions. This means commuting to work is not part of most jobs. Demonstrating the accident occurred in the scope of employment is required for work comp benefits to apply.

For example, running errands for your boss after work when the crash occurred helps your employer therefore work comp benefits should apply. If the errands were done and the employee stopped for dinner on the way home when the car wreck happened then the service to your employer was complete. Here work comp benefits would not apply. This does not mean your third party car accident claim would lose.

If you were driving to work and involved in a crash contact Car Accident Lawyer George Angelopoulos today. Even if we cannot pursue a Workers Compensation claim we can still pursue the third party and enforce your rights under Tennessee personal injury law.