Employment Law. If I have a workers comp case on prior employer and have no disability or unemployment benefits left...

It is illegal for a prospective employer to generally ask about prior workers' compensation claims or prior injuries or illnesses that do not...

Retribution from employer for filing a workers comp claim due to accident on the job

Labor Code section 132a prohibits an employer for discriminating against you because you have sustained a work-related injury or filed a workers'...

You do NOT have to allow an insurance company's nurse to attend an evaluation between you and your physician. However, if the insurance company...

Work Comp: Mandatory Settlement Conf: Attorney petitioning to be formally relieved as attorney of record negatively impact case?

Having your lawyer petition to be relieved as your attorney of record shouldn't by itself negatively impact your case, although proceeding with a...

The Qualified Medical Examiner changed his words in the deposition.

You can always change lawyers if you feel that your current attorney is not representing your interests effectively. Your current attorney and any...

Can the workers' compensation insurance company prevent you from receiving a needed surgery if your claim is delayed?

Even if the claim is in the "delay" period (the first ninety days after the claim form is filed), and the workers' compensation insurance carrier...

Question about Workers Compensation

It sounds like liability for the psychiatric component of your case may be denied by the workers' compensation insurance carrier. If that is the...

My husband has hernisted disc and was left with open claim for medical 6 yrs ago would like to settle now what is a fair amount

It is extraordinarily difficult to value future medical care without knowing more facts about your husband's injury. Is he undergoing active...

I am Currently on workers comp. in California. And my Job just informed me that they are going out of of business.

Assuming your employer had workers' compensation insurance, the insurance carrier should continue to administer the claim and pay benefits, even if...

Dept of Defense work comp since 1998

In California, whether or not you can reopen your case largely depends on how (or whether or not) your case was originally resolved with the...