Your California Workers’ Comp lawyer investigates your accident and secures evidence. Then your attorney represents you before Workers’ Compensation administrators and judges to ensure you receive the maximum support available.
The most important task for your lawyer is to win you more in compensation than you could have by filing on your own.
Earning More in Workers’ Compensation Support for You
Many injured workers don’t realize that workers comp benefits can vary greatly from case to case. They may believe that they file a claim and everyone gets the same amount in a support check each month.
This isn’t true and sometimes victims who don’t have a legal representative end up getting robbed of the full compensation they need. This leaves them short on financial help to pay all of their medical bills and support their families while out of work.
An attorney files the claim for the victim with an eye on deadlines. An attorney with experience with many types of injury cases will have a better idea of the level of support the patient will need now and in the months ahead. The attorney demands this level of compensation from administrators and can also hold employers responsible if necessary to see that victims have everything they need to rebuild their lives.
Investigating Your Workers’ Comp Accident
Your attorney should begin by listening to you and getting every detail of your accident and your recovery challenges. Then your lawyer would conduct a thorough investigation into the accident and the conditions in your workplace at the time. This includes an examination of your employer’s commitment to safety.
Your lawyer secures powerful evidence including witness testimony, incident reports, medical charts, and photos from the scene (including photos you may have taken on the day of the accident). Your lawyer requests surveillance video showing what happened before it’s erased.
This intense effort results in a strong case backed by proof of what happened and perhaps an employer’s negligence.
Represents You in a Workers’ Compensation Hearing
With evidence in hand, your lawyer represents you in a Workers’ Compensation hearing and in a trial if necessary. It’s important that administrators and judges don’t just hear the employer’s side of the story.
Judges need to hear about every hardship you’ve endured and the struggle you may have in the future returning to work. They need to know if you’ll need help moving to a new profession due to your injury.
The evidence and the full story of what happened can make it much easier for a judge to make an informed and fair decision about the level of financial support you should receive. Your attorney handles this sometimes frustrating process with as little disruption to you as possible. It’s a chance for you to focus on healing without worrying about your job.
Protection from Your Employer’s Tactics to Avoid Responsibility
Your attorney also defends you from tactics your employer and your employer’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance provider may try. They may claim your injury didn’t happen at the worksite. They may claim the worksite was safe when it wasn’t.
Your California Workers’ Compensation Lawyer also takes strong legal action when an employer tries to retaliate against you for reporting an accident. It’s also illegal to fire you from your job simply because you are injured and must miss work.
Contact a California Workers’ Compensation Attorney
Maison Law offers a free consultation to all injured California workers faced with filing a Workers’ Compensation claim or even a lawsuit against an employer. You’ll speak to a real California Worker’s Compensation Lawyer. Contact us to set up an appointment.
If your injury is only minor and you only miss a few days of work, you may not need our help, and we’ll tell you that. But if you’ve been seriously hurt, an attorney may make a positive difference in the support you receive while you work through recovery.
Remember, you don’t need to have any money to hire a skilled attorney to represent your case. We don’t get paid unless your case is successful. Then our fee comes out of the money Workers’ Compensation and your employer must pay you.
