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Workers' Compensation

San Francisco, Sacramento
and Chico, California

If you are employed by a company or individual with several employees, you most likely are covered under Workers’ Compensation insurance. Workers’ Compensation is a state-regulated insurance program designed to compensate employees who are injured on the job or who develop some work-related illness or disease, such as mesothelioma or asbestosis. This program provides injured employees compensation for expenses such as:

• Medical bills
• Medications
• Physical Rehabilitation
• Occupational Rehabilitation
• Lost wages
• Future lost wages
• Funeral expenses in the case of wrongful death

The laws governing Workers’ Compensation benefits vary from state to state. An experienced Workers’ Compensation attorney can explain your rights to you following a workplace injury. One very important aspect of Workers’ Compensation is that there are time limits (statutes of limitation) on filing for benefits. You only have a certain amount of time following your injury to report it and collect compensation for it.

In most states, employers are required to provide WC benefits for any employee who is injured on the job or who is made sick due to a work-related disease. You must report your injury or condition to your employer, and your employer must then submit a Workers’ Compensation claim to the insurance company. If the claim is not contested, you will eventually receive benefits.

But one very important thing you must know about Workers’ Compensation is that when you file for benefits without the help of an attorney, the chances of being denied benefits are very high. In fact, the WC program has five levels (or stages) and applicants can get denied at any of the levels.

Having an experienced Workers’ Compensation attorney on your side can greatly increase the chance that you will receive money to live on and take care of your medical bills when you are unable to work.

If you live in Southern California and have been injured on the job, you should contact the attorneys at Jacoby & Meyers, LLC today to schedule a confidential consultation.