Workers' Compensation law blog

Slip and fall accidents account for a staggering more than 20 percent of all workers’ compensation claims in California and all across the United States. There are also trip and fall accidents that result in on-the-job injuries, and even if...

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...

Undocumented workers make up a significant portion of California’s workforce. So how do the hardline immigration policies and an ever-growing number of crackdowns on illegal immigrants in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California impact workers’ compensation in the state? Despite...

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...

No, doctors are not always right. Everyone can make a mistake, including your primary treating physician. The problem is: if a doctor’s medical report does not reflect the extent of your injuries or fails to prescribe adequate or necessary medical...

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...

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...

Popular ride-sharing service, Uber, is currently the defendant in a class action claiming that its drivers are being improperly classified as independent contractors rather than employees and, as such, are being incorrectly denied worker’s compensation. The case, involving some 600,000...

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is responsible for developing regulations and procedures intended to protect workers from injury. Generally, the regulations introduced by OSHA will be very specific, and applicable to one clearly defined group of employees. For...

In what is undoubtedly good news for the thousands of hospitality workers across California, it has been confirmed that the state will adopt new health and safety standards for those employed in the industry. The standard was approved on March...