Category Archives: General
How to Choose a Workers’ Compensation Attorney
So you’ve been injured in the workplace and you have decided to retain an attorney to help you pursue your workers’ compensation claims. Your next step is to find a Southern California workers’ compensation lawyer. How do you pick the attorney who is best for you? How do you determine which attorney will maximize… Read More »
What Are the Most Common Causes of Workplace Injuries in California?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), an average of 3.6 per 100 workers suffered a workplace injury in California in 2017, amounting to a total of more than 466,000 workers injured that year. Of those California workplace injuries, 376 were ultimately fatal. Serious and fatal injuries occur at workplaces across California every… Read More »
Workers’ Comp California: The Ultimate Guide
California law requires that employers provide workers’ compensation benefits for any employee who was injured on the job. Benefits include medical care, temporary disability benefits and supplemental job placement benefits. The injury must be covered even if the person injured was at fault for causing the accident and injury. There are, however, some boundaries… Read More »
Landscaper Workers’ Compensation Claims May Soon Surge
A second recent jury verdict was just handed down against Monsanto/Bayer based on allegations that one of their herbicide products contains cancer-causing chemicals. The herbicide product is commonly used by landscapers and groundskeepers. These recent verdicts may indicate that a spike in the number of workers’ compensation claims from landscapers and groundskeepers may be… Read More »
Perpetrators of Southern California Workers’ Compensation Fraud Indicted
Workers injured on the job face a number of hurdles in securing appropriate coverage. Employers and insurance providers are reluctant to pay out if they can find a way to reduce their costs, and they may seek to limit the type of treatments available to workers, reduce the length of disability coverage, or otherwise… Read More »
Types of Workers’ Compensation Benefits
If an employee is injured on the job in California, the law requires that employers provide certain types of workers’ compensation benefits. Employers must have both insurance and policies in place in order to cover a worker should they get hurt. In California, workers’ compensation benefits come in several different categories or types: Medical… Read More »