Nubieber, CA Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

Workers comp is still supposed to cover your medical expenses and two-thirds of your average weekly wages for the 52 weeks prior to your injury. If they are not paying, you should file for a hearing with the Worker's Compensation Board. If you have a permanent injury, you may be able to get a "schedule award" which is based on a formula depending on the extent of your disability. But: you should get some advice as to whether the schedule award is your best option. Depending on your situation, you may be better off getting disability payments and having your medical expenses taken care of Depending on what caused the accident, there may be another possibility, if there some party other than your employer who caused the accident, such as a janitorial company or repair service. Accidents that occur on construction sites or car crashes during the course of employment have particular rules as well.

In order to make a claim against a property owner (including stores, parking lots, apartments, etc) the injured party has to show that the owner knew or should have known of the hazard, had an opportunity to correct it, and failed to take action. You would have to show what it was that caused you to fall and that the proprietors failed to take action to prevent it. But there is another possibility: some property owners have what is called a medical payments provision of a liability insurance policy. Although it is not required, this provision will pay medical expenses up to a certain amount, regardless of fault.

Sometimes. It depends on what else is going on. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don't. Everyone needs a break but sometimes things require immediate response. Most lawyers I know work at least some time each weekend.