How soon after filing a workers comp case, can a attorney send you to a outside doctor not going thru company doctor ?

Look through the pile of paper the Workers Comp Insurance Adjuster sent...find the letter that say MEDICAL PROVIDER NETWORK or MPN on it. It will...

Can I receive UI benefits if I do not return to work do to retaliation?

To answer your question about Unemployment Insurance, probably NO, EDD doesn't award UI when you walk off the job voluntarily. I'm so worried that...

Do I have any recourse against my former employer?

Are you asking if you have a claim against a former employer because you cannot get Life Insurance that pays if you die from a chronic back...

Signing a Compromise & Release Agreement is entering into a contract to surrender all of your rights in workers compensation law for cash. If you...

There is no Labor Code section forcing a comp carrier to cash out your future medical rights in a Compromise & Release Agreement. You have to give...

You can received Permanent Disability Indemnity from the workers comp insurer AND Unemployment Insurance from the EDD at the same time BUT the EDD...

Does workers comp pay unemployment overpayment if on workers comp after the fact or state dis pay it cause i still owe settled

If I understand this, you are asking about the Employment Development Dept. collecting on a debt/lien from the year 2011 by taking $$ from your...

I'm going to assume that "the lawyer see him competent" actually means "the lawyer seems incompetent". If you do not feel your lawyer is...

C&R

So sad to say the time for this question was BEFORE YOU SIGNED anything. It is possible to return the check (cancelled of course) and withdraw...

YIKES... if a physician on the MPN is reporting you should not drive, the employer is required to arrange transportation for you! The adjuster may...