Suffering a serious workplace injury can adversely affect the financial stability of a worker and his or her family. California workers might be unsure whether they are eligible for workers' compensation or Social Security Disability Insurance, or both. While...
Where The Injured
Go To Protect Their Rights
Month: March 2020
Workers’ compensation: Tree worker dies in workplace accident
Tree workers in California face multiple life-threatening safety hazards each day. Chainsaws, log splitters and other power tools understandably cause many injuries, but dangers can lurk in areas where employees might least expect. This often results in severe or...
Workers’ compensation: Unprotected trenches can turn into graves
Workers in the construction industry are frequently exposed to the hazards of trenches. A significant percentage of workers' compensation claims filed in California result from trench collapses. Federal and state safety authorities prescribe strict safety standards...
How job displacement benefits help you regain lost income
The more commonly used workers' compensation benefits are, the greater awareness there is about them among the working population in California. Many people understand that workers' compensation will provide medical benefits with 100% coverage and disability benefits...
Personal injury lawsuit filed against city of Los Angeles
The wife of an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department included Mayor Eric Garcetti and Police Chief Michel Moore, along with others, as defendants in a lawsuit filed against the city. It is alleged that her husband contracted typhus while on duty, and passed it...
Cellphone distractions cause many workers’ compensation claims
Cellphones have become part of the lives of most people in California, so much so that they go nowhere without their mobile phones. Many workers may not understand why employers discourage or even forbid cellphone activities during work time. A superintendent of a...