He believes that injured workers need a strong voice and a powerful advocate to protect their legal rights and interests. He has served as President of the Northern California Chapter of the California Applicantsâ Attorneys Association . He also was a Board member of CAAA, the statewide organization of workersâ compensation attorneys that promotes full and just benefits for injured workers in California. With undergraduate training in both biology and chemistry, Christopher Norem is unafraid to rigorously cross-examine medical experts to prove the seriousness as well as the cause of a client’s injuries in any personal injury lawsuit.
In addition, your boss or employer is generally required to keep good records of your employment file records. The law requires that employers must have workers’ compensation insurance for its employees. This requirement exists regardless of the number of employees. For any starting business, the employer may choose to get a broker which will connect him to a variety of insurance agencies, or the employer may directly communicate with an insurance company of his or her choice. Some homeowner insurance policies, however, may cover an employee depending on the facts of the case because it is written into insurance law, regardless of what the actual policy states. Your title or what the employer says you are, however, is not the deciding factor.
This form must be filled out and submitted to your employer personally or by certified mail. In filling out the form, list every body part that you injured. Factory workers who are frequently around heavy moving machinery are constantly at a much more elevated risk of injury than even they might know. Clothes, shoes, hair, fingers, and other extremities are frequently around moving parts, and injuries can occur easily and frequently when no precaution is taken. I called and received a same day phone consultation over the phone.
More times than none we are able to obtain your police report for you and get you the help you need. In addition to the three attorneys at this firm, there are also eighteen other staff members working on cases. About Location Searches The counts displayed by default for Law Firms and Attorneys are based on their main office only. However, when a location based search is performed or if a locations filter is selected the counts change and update to display the actual number of office locations where the Law Firm or Attorney have an office or provide service in. The Workers Compensation system is set up to protect the employer from fraudulent claims and also to ensure that legitimate claims have a process that is followed. The UR/IMR process ensures that all conservative treatment is exhausted before more invasive and costly procedures.
The sooner you contact us after an accident, the better chance you'll have to ensure a positive resolution to your personal injury claim. If you've suffered a personal injury as a result of the negligence or recklessness of others, you may be owed financial compensation. The Law Office of Cogan & Hanrahan will evaluate your case and provide you an expectation of the compensation benefit, at no risk. Our top workers comp attorneys are highly experienced and well trained in getting you the immediate medical attention and financial compensation that you deserve, and will always handle your claim in an ethical and aggressive manner.
Take notes if you discuss your claim with anyone and ask your claims administrator for copies of all your medical reports. Keep track of your pay stubs/timesheets and the out-of-pocket expenses related to your work-related injury. Finally, keep a journal of your medical condition, document changes in your health, and how your illness or injury affects your work.
She gave me some good advice how to get my case settled using my current lawyer and it worked. I am so happy to be done with my case and it has been months. I just referred a friend to this group and figured I would share my positive experience even though I did not hire them. If you are injured on the job, it can be difficult to know where to turn for help. You may feel like you are alone and have no idea where to go for help.
The lawyer takes 33% - 40% of the recovered compensation as their fee. 8 years of experienceIf we evaluate experience strictly according to the number of years in the Workers Compensation field, then Michael Adam Pro has had a legal license for 8 years. What matters is how this lawyer spent those years and what he accomplished for his clients. A California workers' compensation case will end either with a trial and judicial decision or a voluntary settlement between the injured worker and the insurance company. Any time after you file a claim, an investigator may follow you or investigate you. You're more likely to be placed under investigation if you have a large claim, have filed claims before or if the insurance company has any reason to be concerned about fraud.
Mr. Gountanis joined Therman Law Offices, LTD. directly upon completing his summer externship and graduating law school in November, 2010. Gountanis became one of Mr. Therman’s quick understudies, learning the art of aggressive negotiation, arbitration as well as trying cases to favorable verdict. $17.65 million recovered for family who lost their 13-year-old daughter in a motor vehicle collision.