Twelve-hour towers, crew trucks, water haulers, four companies on one pad. When you get hurt out there, workers' comp pays some of it. The company whose truck hit you, or whose site you were on, may owe the rest.
On most pads there's an operator, a drilling or service contractor, a staffing company, and a trucking company — and you may not be sure which one you actually work for. Workers' comp usually stops you from suing your own employer. It usually doesn't stop you from going after the other companies whose people or equipment hurt you.
That's the third-party claim, and it's where most of the money in oilfield cases is. Our intake asks the questions that find it: who dispatched you, whose truck, whose site, whose rules.
General information; the rules on comp and third-party claims are technical, and we'll explain how they apply to you.
US-285, NM-18, NM-128 at 5 a.m. Commercial policies, company drivers, and dash-cam evidence that has to be demanded before it's gone.
Falls, pinch points, pressure releases, equipment failures. Whose equipment, whose procedure, whose contractor.
Texas plates, Oklahoma employers, New Mexico injuries. We sort out which state's rules apply and work with counsel across the line when needed.
Your right to be paid for an injury generally doesn't depend on your immigration status. Call us — in Spanish — and ask.
William Waggoner's degree is in petroleum management and geology. He knows what a company man is, what a tower is, and what the paperwork on a site actually says. Malik Saidi takes the intake in Spanish, French or Darija. Between them, nobody has to explain the patch to their lawyer.
We meet clients in Hobbs and Carlsbad. Office details are coming soon; until then, start online and we'll come to you.
The company’s adjuster, the comp carrier, and the staffing agency all have lawyers. Now you do too. Hablamos español.