The defense lawyer is permitted to write any one, any where. If defense wishes to put the treating physician 'on notice' about the insurance paying the treatment bill, she is entitled to do so. Your attorney's approval or disapproval is not necessary. The solution is to elect a... View More

It is possible that the employer's conduct may have been unlawful here; however, more information needs to be known in order to fully understand your case. I suggest you consult with an employment law attorney who will further examine your situation and explain your options. Most employment... View More

Tell your workers compensation attorney about this. If you do not have a workers compensation attorney, you need to get one right away. Do not let the company and its workers compensation attorney cheat you out of what you deserve, and don't let this kind of retaliation go on without an... View More

You should consult an experienced workers compensation attorney ASAP. You have rights to workers compensation benefits that need to be asserted by a professional.

Your daughter needs to immediately locate and consult with a workers compensation attorney who can be sure she timely makes a claim against her employer and receive the medical treatment she needs.

Good luck to you and to your daughter.

Dear Sir,

You may be eligible for State Disability Insurance (SDI) from the California Employment Development Department (EDD) if you apply within 49 days of the date you were last able to work. It will pay a percentage of your salary for up to 12 months. You will have to initiate this... View More

AGAIN: THE JUDGE WON'T ORDER anything except likely a continuance. so AGAIN no treatment is ordered. The time to request everything to which you are entitled IS RIGHT NOW of the defense attorney. When the defense attorney says 'no' then you write down everything that you want the... View More

The settlement conference is just to see if this can be settled. There will be no hearing and no decisions. If the parties cannot settle, each party writes down every witness to be called at trial and each written document to be submitted into evidence. The parties write out the Pre-Trial... View More

The worker must prove that (1) there is a disabling psychiatric injury, then (2) that 51% of that condition is due to unfair and/or extraordinary events arising out of employment and in the course of employment. AND one must be on the job more than 6 months. Unless you took a knife or a bullet,... View More

It is a CRIME to (1) Forge then (2) violate HIPAA limitations, and proof of a crime can serve as proof of Duty and Breach; so you might want to start your Tort prosecution by getting the tortfeasors prosecuted by the local District Attorney. A HIPAA Complaint can be filed with the federal... View More

IF you can find another firm, you could fire this attorney and hire a new one you trust. But you write 2 other lawyers had it also. If they were fired too, a fourth attorney is not likely to take this on. If the insurer is disputing the incident occurred, only then are witness statements... View More

I just answered this on Avvo, but I'll repeat it for others reading along: the cancel is a NEW Injury, each injury get 52 weeks of LC4850 benefits, so YES you get 52 weeks of 4850 pay. The adjuster DOES NEED a medical report noting the diagnosis and writing that you are Temporarily Totally... View More

you hire an attorney to help you throught the process and especially to set you up with a fair and unbiaed doctor who eventualy writes a final report upon which is based a fair and accurate stipulation. if you signed a stipulation with no attorney to advise you, then you get what you got and do... View More

Before you abandon all hope, get a second opinion. There are biased judges out there that make the system unfair. Whether the present attorney's assessment of the system is accurate or not cannot be known by anyone here. Only by getting more opinions can you know if your present attorney is... View More

you should let the judge know that you would like some time to find a new lawyer. a judge will nealry always give you time to find a new attorney as they dont want you to represent your self, unless you have done this several times already. it sounds like maybe you just endured a non responsive... View More

There is likely you have no recourse for being fired for no reason. In California you are considered to be employed at will unless there is an agreement to the contrary about that status with the employer. The employer of an at will employee can terminate the employee for any reason or no reason... View More

you can actually receive more than 104 weeks in limited circumstances, if your injury is very serious. A head trauma certainly can be very serious. and you are correct that you are entitled to TTD, up to the legal limit, until you are no longer TTD. so if you body part is P&S but another is... View More

While it is true that personal injury claims generally have a 2 year statute of limitations. Unfortunately, to bring tort claims against the government or its subdivisions, you are also required to give notice of your client within 6 months. Otherwise, you claim is time barred.

There is no code section requiring any 'closed claim' letter. If "go back" means to appeal a judge's decision at trial, you had 20 days from date the decision was mailed out. If this was a settlement you signed, you had 25 days from the date the judge's Order... View More

Was this 'coordinator' the Employer/Supervisor of the server redirected to the trash? If not, this worker should have declined; if he becomes ill, he can pursue a Personal Injury claim against the Coordinator. If there IS an employment relationship between the Coordinator and the... View More