San Francisco Workers' Compensation Attorney
If you get injured on the job or performing the duties of your job, your employer is required by law to pay for workers’ compensation benefits.
You could get injured by:
- One event at work. Examples: hurting your back in a fall, getting burned on your skin, getting hurt in a car accident while making deliveries. Or:
- Repeated exposures at work. Examples: hurting your hand, back, or other part of the body from doing the same motion over and over, such as carpal tunnel injuries or losing your hearing because of constant loud noise. Workers’ compensation covers some, but not all, stress-related (psychological) injuries caused by your job.
Hiring a Workers Compensation Attorney in San Francisco, CA
What is the purpose?
Hiring a California workers’ compensation attorney can help you with claims that have been denied by your employer. We have seen many instances of employees who have had their claims denied in spite of working at their job for many years and having been a fantastic employee. Things could turn sour quickly after claims are filed. We can present a remarkable case on your behalf and go against your employer’s insurance companies and attorneys.
Our San Francisco workers’ compensation attorneys arrange depositions of doctors and other experts on your behalf so if we have to go in front of a judge or court we will have all of our evidence ready to go and present your case in the best possible light.
Hiring us increases your chances of getting a bigger settlement. We take on your employers as insurance companies and if you haven’t the experience or had to have done that before it can be daunting. We are experienced attorneys, adjusters, and employers with over 1,000 successfully settled cases. We know all the angles and every trick they might try to use. Furthermore, we don’t accept the first offer or even their final offer. We are experts at negotiating and know how much they actually have in their bucket to offer claimants. This enables us to get the highest possible settlements for our clients.
We will keep working on your behalf until you’ve received every possible benefit that you’re entitled to under the law.
Hopefully, your case gets settled out of court, and you are satisfied with the offer. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. In some instances you may have to go to trial and appear before a judge. If you represent yourself it will be very difficult from a time standpoint, it will cost you money as well as the expertise in knowing case law. Hiring us cost you nothing and we will do all of the filings and represent you in court.
You do not have to do this alone, let us take care of everything for you and get you the best possible settlement whether it’s in court or out of court.
What does the Law Cover in San Francisco, CA for Workers’ Compensation?
Medical Care. Paid for by your employer, to help you recover from an injury or illness caused by work. This includes doctor visits and other treatment services, tests, medicines, equipment, and travel costs reasonably necessary to treat your injury.
Temporary Disability Benefits. Payments if you lose wages because your injury prevents you from doing your usual job while recovering.
Permanent Disability Benefits. Payments if you don’t recover completely and your injury causes a permanent loss of physical or mental function that a doctor can measure.
Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit. A voucher to help pay for retraining or skill enhancement if you are eligible to receive permanent disability benefits, your employer doesn’t offer you work, and you don’t return to work for your employer.
Death Benefits. Payments to your spouse, children, or other dependents if you die from a job injury or illness.
Filing a workers' comp claim in san francisco
If you are hurt on the job, you should report the injury right away. If you do not report an incident within 30 days may lose or have reduced rights to collect workers’ comp benefits. You should always receive emergency medical treatment immediately. You should tell your doctor that your injury is work-related. As soon as are able to you should obtain the workers’ comp claim form from your employer. Fill it in and submit it back to your employer as soon as you can. The sooner you get these steps done the better.
Within one working day of reporting the injury, your employer is required to authorize up to $10,000 in medical treatment while your workers’ compensation claim is reviewed. After approval, the workers’ compensation insurance will pay for all of the medical expenses related to the injury and temporary or permanent disability benefits. If your injury prevents you from returning to your job, you should be given the opportunity to train for a different position or another job all together.
California work injury law center
Handling Workers’ Comp Cases in the San Francisco Area
580 California Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
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