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Yes you do, if issues arise.

By checking the search engines, like Google, or by checking the phone book adds. The best way is of course a referral through a satisfied client.

When either the client or attorney want to cancel their mutual professional relationship, they send this form to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. The client in this form substitutes the old attorney for himself or herself as pro per or for another attorney newly hired for representation.

In work comp it doesn't matter. This is relevant for social age security cases. In work comp the benefit is measured by your earning capacity and not money in the bank.

Permanent impairment under AMA guidelines. This means permanent loss of bodily function, loss of motion or diagnostic changes.

Well, obviously, if you have legal issues or just are not sure about your case, you need to call immediately after the injury. The more you wait on unresolved issues, the more complicated it might get.

It might take from half a year to 5 years in average depending on the complexity of the case, levels of disability and treatment needed.

You need to be an employee and not a contractor. The injury should happen at work, within the course and scope of your employment. There should be disability, temporary then in most cases permanent as a result. There should be an instant doctor's report on this disability for the indemnity checks to start.

CT stands for cumulative trauma. It means that the injury is not a result of a single date incident, but a result of continuous trauma incurred in the course and scope of the regular duty performance, i.e. the daily physical tasks required by the job.

One to two years in the average.

Some lawyers work pro bono, for free, in certain cases, depending on the volume, importance and value of the case. It is a lawyer's judgement call. A lot of cases may be arranged on contingency basis, the lawyer recovers monetary compensation and gets paid a percentage, usually in work comp and some civil cases for damages.

As long as it takes. It could last a lifetime, if there is an open medical award. An average case usually settles within 1 to 3 years.

Experience is a subjective notion. A good lawyer should know the law and how to apply it to the case, both affirmatively and in defense.

The Work Comp Insurance pays for your industrial work-related treatment. Unrelated to work comp medical issues are still covered by your private insurance.

No. Absolutely no. It only pays temporary and permanent disabilities for loss of time and wages and body impairment. You may file a stress claim with your physical claim if you have emotional issues, though.

Directly no. But they may spread their resumes in different organizations.

25,000 to 40,0000

Somewhere from 500 to 1000 per hour

It depends. You have to justify them by an agreement. And may be some participation might be required at the initial stage.

As long as it takes in some cases, it could spread over the years due to the nature of the injury and amount and time of treatment required. An average case takes some 1 or 1.5 years to resolve.

By asking around, through referral, checking local listings, asking the court or Work Comp board for attorney lists, search engines in the internet, googling, typing the name to check the websites, etc.

I am very open and transparent with my clients. And I advise on each and every aspect of the case.

Yes, it increases the value of future medical care. I usually advise my clients to have it first before settlement. In some cases there are repeat surgeries defined as future medical benefit, such as total knee replacements, etc. They can happen two or three or more times in one's life and projected for your life expectancy span.

WORK COMP PLUS [ADA] FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES AND CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING ACTS Follow us at https://farleyketendjian.com/ Both acts prohibit discrimination against a disabled worker in any aspect of employment, be it hiring or firing. The employer: - must reasonably accommodate a disabled person, who can still perform the essential functions of the job; - and is precluded to discriminate against a disabled job applicant. ADA applies to employers with 15 or more employees, while CA Fair Employment and Housing Act applies to employers with 5 or more employees. ADA is administered by the EEOC, while the CA act is under the jurisdiction of FEHA. The California benefits are broader than the federal ones under the acts. Compensatory damages in CA are not only limited to actual damages, but also entail punitive damages and damages for emotional distress.

There are many more than three. The usual customary defense attorney is the one who defends criminal defendants in a criminal court. There are immigration defense attorneys, etc. In civil cases also you defend a person against whom a complaint for damages has been filed. In work comp there are applicant's attorneys, who represent the injured worker, and defense attorneys who represent the insurance companies. Sometimes, the employer needs to hire its own defense attorney, in addition to that of the insurance company, because in some penalty cases in work comp the interests of the two may differ and be in conflict.

For any cause of actions an insurance can be sued, like bad faith, etc.

Lawyer usually gets his degree from a law school, and is a doctor of law. He needs to be licensed in a particular state or country to become a practicing attorney.

It does, because then the employer may evoke the serious and willful misconduct penalty, and may even reduce your claimed benefits by 50%,

They need to post information about the claim process in common areas and provide an injured worker with a claim form or notice of potential claim for benefits in writing, if they know or have a reason to know that an injury at work took place. Failure to do so may toll the statute of limitation on the claim for filing purposes.

Yes, all you need to do is to file a Notice of Dismissal, or a Substitution of Attorneys Form. The forms are available on the EAMS Industrial Directors government website.

Injury at work within the course and scope of the employment. Going and coming to work may be not covered depending on the fact, if the employer provides transportation or not.

The highest level of disability you can get is 100% and its value may depend on the weekly indemnity rate. There are cases when the worker is totally permanently disabled that the value can exceed half a million dollar mark. So is it the case with death benefit, they highest, regulated by Labor Code.

The WC insurance like any other insurance is regulated by State, Office of the Insurance Commissioner. However, all issues of rates and benefits are regulated by Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and are subject to Labor Code.

To pay compensation to the injured worker who has got disability and is forced to be off work while recuperating. To also train the worker, if return to work is not an option.

The statue of limitations for claiming is one year, for introducing changes into the rating of disability and training is five years from the date of injury. To receive total temporary disability bi-weekly benefits is two years from the date of first payment.

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Criminal defense and personal injury. Although in work comp we have our good share of appearances as well.

They do because of the premiums. The more claims are filed against the employer, the more increase they experience in their premiums.

You have a right to have a designated primary treating physician even before you file a claim. After the injury, if there is non, the employer has a duty to provide one from their network. Also you have a right to have a second opinion by attending an agreed medical or qualified medical evaluation.

Yes you should consider it, if there is a delay in benefits or complete denial of your case!

Disability indemnity: bi-weekly payments of either temporary or permanent disability checks. This happens when you cannot do your regular work and light duty work is not available, in lieu of wages, and then when you are permanently restricted from doing certain duties.

You could call the California bar association for lawyers or check it online.

Employer carries insurance. After you are injured at work, you file a claim within a year but give the employer an instant notice, as soon as possible. After the claim is filed and assigned a number, your employer needs to send you to a treating physician, regardless if the claim has been denied. There is a pull of $10,000 for the initial treatment. Insurance should within 90 days accept, delay or deny the case. If it fails to do so, the claim is presumed accepted by law.

He or she files claims and applications on your behalf, finds doctors for you, both evaluating and treating, checks the benefit payments, rates your disability, settles the claims for you, or goes to hearings, depositions and trials, if there is a dispute, asks for any penalties for delay or discrimination or safety violation. Works on all aspects of your case.

One cannot be exempt from it and will face fines if as an employer does not carry worker's compensation insurance. You may hire a person as an independent contractor for a piece job. Then work comp does not apply, because you hired a business, and not an employee. However, if there are regular hours worked on some permanent basis and regular contacts, it is hard to pass it as a work contract and not and employment contract.

There is practically no difference, attorney usually is licensed to practice in California, lawyer is a generic term for all legal professionals who have JD degree, but not necessarily licensed to practice in a particular state or a country.

Malpractice, professional negligence.

You call the California Bar Association and check if the attorney is licensed and in good standing with the Bar.

He or she represents injured workers who had accidents while in the course and scope of the employment duties. The attorney processes all necessary paperwork and appears at the WC Board to represent the clients in front of a judge.

At any point in time up to the settlement of the case or when it goes to hearings and trial.

A lawyer is s person with legal JD degree from a college. An attorney is a lawyer who is licensed to practice law in a particular state including in front of a judge in the courtroom.

A few men.

Please search online!

You just dial the California Bar phone number, make sure to know the license number of the attorney or give address and coordinates.

Worker's Compensation

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We handle any case having to deal with Worker's Compensation.

Did your QME describe your back and shoulder disability and their nature, causation, if at work or outside work. I would like to see the reports, if possible. Call us at 559-222-8090. Sincerely, Ka'ren Ketendjian, Attorney at Law.