Category Archives: Workers Compensation
How Much Do You Get for Workers’ Compensation in California?
Job injury victims get varying amounts of money from workers’ compensation, based on their lost wages and medical expenses. These life-changing benefits are available even if the victim was entirely at fault for the injury, at least in most cases. So, for the most part, workers’ compensation matters are relatively easy to prove. However,… Read More »
What Does Nonsubscriber Mean in Workers’ Compensation Matters?
A nonsubscriber case is usually like any other job injury matter, except workers’ compensation is unavailable or inapplicable for some reason. As conceived in the Grand Bargain, workers’ compensation is a no-fault system that replaces lost wages and pays medical bills. This system, like all other systems, occasionally breaks down. Whether or not the… Read More »
The Workers’ Comp Claims Process Explained
In the early 1900s, a string of workplace disasters, like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, drew attention to the plight of people who worked in dangerous factories. Over a hundred workers died in the TFF fire, most from smoke inhalation or because they jumped to their deaths. The factory’s doors were locked… Read More »
