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How Ballin & Associates can Help You
Any injury or accident is a stressful and overwhelming experience, especially when you may be out of work or are uncertain about the future of your career. You may not know where to turn, where to get information, or what to do next. Ballin & Associates is dedicated exclusively to helping injured police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers recover compensation for their injuries. We have compiled the following list of helpful legal articles to help you get a better understanding of our firm and what we can do for you.
Legal Articles
Obtaining Compensation
- Chiefs have not objected to injured police officers making claims for compensation, based upon our experience with 138 departments
- Injured fire fighters are missing out on valuable compensation
- Staying out of work is not required to collect valuable compensation for injuries that occur on duty
- Stolen motor vehicle pursuit injuries often lead to valuable claims for compensation
- Collection of evidence of the accident and injury
- Officer collects $20,0000 after being misinformed he had no case
Injured On Duty
- Did you know officers injured in the line of duty are authorized by statute to seek additional valuable compensation for their injuries beyond the base wages and medical expenses paid by the city?
- If officers injured-on-duty are authorized by the legislature to do so, why don’t they take advantage of the same skilled representation which brings tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars to John Q. Public?
- Officers injured-on-duty have valuable claims even when an old injury or condition is made worse
- Officer receives $500,000 settlement after being shot while responding to 911 call
- Protect yourself from injury on road details: Learn about work site protection guidelines and regulations
Insurance Information
- A city/town cannot double dip by collecting from an officer’s third party recovery for money it was reimbursed by its own insurance
- Chalk one up for the good guys, as the appeals court says no to an insurance company's attempt to shut the door on your injury claims from altercations while on duty
Aggravation of Pre-Existing Conditions
Events
Please check back with us in the future for events that we will be posting to this page. Our events are designed to give you practical information and resources to help you gain a better understanding of your case and your rights to compensation under the law.
Workshops
Steven Ballin also is available to conduct legal workshops for local police officers, firefighters, and public safety departments, unions, and related organizations. Workshop subjects relate to the public safety officer's rights to make valuable claims when injured on duty. Plus, Attorney Ballin will review steps that can be taken now to protect public safety officers in the event of a future injury on duty.
For more information on any events or scheduling a workshop, please call the Massachusetts police injury attorneys at Ballin & Associates at (800) 245-2052 or Email Us