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In CA WC, are there any attorney's willing to take a case after an attorney as been on it for three months?
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Answered on February 11, 2016
There are many attorneys willing to take a case when another attorney has been on it, especially if it was only three months. There are other...
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Does that mean that i am not required to pay workers compensation for my wife?
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Answered on January 18, 2016
You are not required to if she is your only employee. IF you have any other employees then you would need to get it. Also, depending on the type...
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Can I tape record my next assessment interview with the AME to provide a safeguard to protect myself?
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Answered on January 08, 2016
I agree that you can only record with consent, and from my experience many doctors will not agree. The extreme would be to have a court reporter...
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I would like to know if I can spend a portion of the settlement on whatever I want? Or is the settlement only for medicalexpence
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Answered on January 08, 2016
I think you need to be very careful with your settlement and at least consult with a workers compensation attorney before you do anything. Your...
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What can I do I hired a paralegal office who has done nothing but file the case. I've lost everything I go courtPlease help me
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Answered on January 06, 2016
I am perplexed at how you hired a paralegal office to represent you in a workers compensation claim. While you can be represented by a...
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Is it possible to reopen a workers compensation case if they badly injured themselves from medication?
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Answered on January 06, 2016
You have asked a complicated question and perhaps you should meet with your attorney, or perhaps another attorney. As for reopening the case, you...
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When does workers comp offer settlements?
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Answered on January 06, 2016
You have a very good question and quite frankly, workers compensation is a complex system and to explain how it works in this type of forum would...
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Is it worth it or is there a way that I should mention to Medi-Cal that the injury/surgery was a Workers Compensation Injury an
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Answered on January 06, 2016
Usually health insurance carriers will file a lien on your workers compensation case to eventually collect by from the workers compensation...
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Do they have till Feb 1 to get it to the judge as well? Or can they wait a year if they wanted too. Is there anything I can do?
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Answered on December 28, 2015
Based on your facts, i assume that your case is set for trial on February 1st and this was the offer from the defendant. That being said, once the...
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Am i being discriminated for having a workmans comp attorney
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Answered on December 28, 2015
I agree with the other comments and wonder if your employer knows that there should be no issue in discussing your return to work or anything about...