Responsibility of WC attorney after settlement?

This is an interesting question I was hoping someone would ask. Your attorney was paid from the award that you negotiated or got at trial from...

Are the workers compensation cases taken on the contingency basis ?

Yes, workers compensation cases in California are taken on a contingency basis. Retainer cases are extremely rare and must be approved by a workers...

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Now what? Should I have to pay my work comp attorney 15% of my settlement after findings and orders?

When you hired your attorney, you probably signed a disclosure statement and a retainer agreeing to pay your attorney 15% of any settlement that...

The minutes of hearing is a summary of the stipulations, issues, and evidence introduced at trial. Trial briefs are not evidence and would...

I have had a workers comp attorney for over a year. It has been almost impossible to communicate with him. I have been offered a

What you think you deserve and what your case is worth maybe two entirely different things depending on the disability rating and value of your...

What kind of retraining or voc rehab is available through worker's comp?

Actual vocational rehabilitation and job retraining went away in 2009 with a sunset provision that was included in Senate Bill 899 and that was...

Dear Sirs, My lawyer won a work=comp case and I was awarded on going medical. My life has been hell for several years because of

Unfortunately for you, medical treatment in workers compensation has undergone a series of reforms beginning in 2003 which began implementing...

Do I need a lawyer if I am filing a worker's compensation claim?

Unless you have a background in Worker's Compensation, I would say that it is absolutely necessary for you to have a Worker's Compensation lawyer....

That sounds very shady. There was a time when paralegals or hearing representatives could represent applicants at the Worker's Compensation appeals...

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Am I going to have to pay taxes on the lump sum I received from my workers comp settlement here in California?

your workers compensation settlement is tax-free, you do not need to report it.