Permanent Disability Benefits For A Workplace Injury: How To Claim, And What Is The PD Rating?
BY: Koszdin | Tuesday, April 10, 2018.While most employees in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California recover from their workplace injuries, some are left disabled for the rest of their lives. When the latter happens, an injured worker may be eligible for permanent disability (PD) benefits...
San Bruno YouTube HQ Shooting: Are Employers Liable For Third-Party Workplace Violence?
BY: Koszdin | Thursday, April 5, 2018.A recent shooting at YouTube’s California campus, in which a 38-year-old female vegan activist injured three people before killing herself, is not the only workplace shooting to occur in the state in the past three years. California workplace violence and...
Firefighter Injured in Los Angeles County Apartment Building Blaze
BY: Koszdin | Thursday, March 29, 2018.As career choices go, those brave men and women opting to become firefighters make, perhaps, one of the most hazardous. There’s no denying the bravery and selflessness involved in entering a burning building to rescue others, or in willingly putting...
Workplace Violence Rules Could Soon Come To California
BY: Koszdin | Friday, March 23, 2018.Operating as workplace injuries attorneys in Van Nuys means we are very familiar with just how often employees get injured, or fall ill, due to working conditions, or accidents while working. Workplace violence is just one of the scenarios that...
Alhambra Foundry Fined $283,390 in Workplace Injuries Case
BY: Koszdin | Friday, March 9, 2018.Workplace injuries can range from a minor cut or bruise to a devastating, life-changing illness or condition. The injury at the root of a recent case brought against Alhambra Foundry most certainly falls into the latter category, given that the...
US Workplaces Are Becoming Less Safe: Top Causes of Workplace Injuries
BY: Koszdin | Friday, February 16, 2018.U.S. workplaces are becoming less safe for employees by the year. Just recently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released a report showing a seven percent increase in workplace fatalities in the U.S. Workplace deaths are...