If you were injured on the job in North or South Carolina, you may qualify for workers’ compensation benefits to cover your medical expenses and lost wage replacement. Pain and suffering, however, are unfortunately not part of the workers’ compensation system. Many injured clients are upset that they cannot recover compensation for the pain and suffering they have been through. The law, however, does not allow such a recovery in the workers’ compensation setting. An injured worker may, however, be entitled to receive compensation for pain and suffering if there is a third-party liability claim associated with the workers’ compensation injury.