Plain-English explanations of California injury, workers' compensation, and employment law, written by attorneys, not marketers.
California gives you 30 days to report your injury and one year to file a workers' comp claim. Here is what happens if you miss either deadline, and the exceptions that can save your case.
Repetitive strain, mental health conditions, COVID exposure, and injuries during company events can all qualify. Here are the categories California workers' comp actually covers.
You usually have to use the employer's medical provider network, but you can predesignate your own doctor before an injury. Here is how to do it and when you can switch providers.
Medical care, temporary disability, permanent disability, supplemental job displacement, and death benefits. Here is what each one pays and the limits you should know about.
Read the denial reason carefully, request medical evaluation, file an Application for Adjudication, and prepare for a WCAB hearing. Here is the full appeal process.
The exclusive remedy rule limits civil suits against employers, but there are major exceptions: third parties, intentional acts, dual capacity, and uninsured employers. Here is when you can sue.
Two-thirds of your average weekly wage, capped by the state max. Here is how to calculate temporary disability, permanent disability, and what real LA settlements look like.
Prop 22 created occupational accident insurance for app-based drivers, but you may still have a third-party case if another driver hit you. Here is what to do after a rideshare or delivery injury in LA.
Labor Code 132a makes it illegal to fire or punish a worker for filing a workers' comp claim. Damages include lost wages, reinstatement, and a 50 percent benefit increase up to $10,000.
Cumulative trauma claims need specific causation reports tying job duties to the injury. Here is how to document a repetitive stress claim and what insurers typically argue against.
Workers' comp attorneys in California work on a statutory 15 percent contingency, capped, paid out of the recovery. Here are the case patterns where representation usually changes the outcome.
A new state audit shows that California's primary workplace-safety agency is operating with a serious staffing shortfall, a backlog of investigations, and inconsistent enforcement, leaving thousands of injured workers without timely answers.
Short answer: yes. California's traffic rules apply to cyclists and scooter riders too, and being on two wheels does not automatically make you the victim.
If you live or work near a known gas leak in Santa Clarita Valley, your health is not the only thing at stake, your legal rights are time-sensitive too.
When the defendant is a government entity in California, the rules change. Miss the six-month claim deadline and you may lose your case before it even starts.
We secured a published victory at the California Court of Appeal in an anti-SLAPP appeal, preserving our client's right to pursue serious employment claims at trial.
Immigration status doesn't end your accident case. Here's what changes, and what stays the same, if you're removed from the country while a claim is pending.
Stopping treatment, skipping appointments, or feeling 'better' too early are three of the most common ways injured people accidentally reduce the value of their own case.
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