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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...
What To Do If You Don’t Agree With Your Doctor’s Opinion In A Workers’ Compensation Case?
BY: Koszdin | Friday, March 30, 2018.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...
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...
Should Uber Be Liable For Worker’s Compensation Claims? The Courts May Think So
BY: Koszdin | Thursday, March 22, 2018.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...
What To Do If You’re Injured Due To An Osha Violation
BY: Koszdin | Friday, March 16, 2018.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...
California Adopts Workplace Health And Safety Standard For Hotel Housekeepers
BY: Koszdin | Thursday, March 15, 2018.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...
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...
Workers’ Compensation Charge, Plus 7 Other Counts Of Fraud, For Ex-Lapd Officer
BY: Koszdin | Thursday, March 8, 2018.Retired LAPD officer, Terry Johns, was arrested on Thursday March 8 on eight counts of fraud and related crimes, following an undercover investigation. The 56-year-old ex-police offer had begun the alleged fraud in 2014, the year in which he also...
5 Things About Workers’ Compensation No One Told You Before
BY: Koszdin | Friday, March 2, 2018.Although statistics shows that over 2 million employees across the U.S. pursue workers’ compensation claims every year, there are quite a few misconceptions that hover over the process of seeking workers’ comp benefits. Besides, many workers are being kept in...