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We represent employees who are injured on
the job in claims for lost wages and medical treatment expenses against
private industry, Federal, and state and local government employers and
their workers' compensation insurers. We successfully handle issues
dealing with defenses, fraud, subrogation, and appeals.
If you are
injured at work, the first obligation of your employer and it's
insurance carrier is to provide you with medical treatment. You should
never see a bill for this medical treatment. You are entitled to all
medical treatment that is "reasonable and necessary" to cure or relieve
you from the effects of your job-related injury. You may be entitled to
an award of lifetime medical care from a Workers' Compensation Appeals
Board Judge at the end of your case.
You are typically entitled to receive a wage loss benefit called
"temporary disability" if you miss any time from work. This is paid at
two thirds of your average weekly wage up to $490.00 per week. $490.00
is the maximum dollar amount you can receive per week regardless of your
previous income. The temporary disability payment is tax-free. Payments
are not made for the first three days that you are disabled unless you
are hospitalized or unless you are unable to work for more than fourteen
days. Once your physician releases you to return to work or declares
your condition to be stable, the temporary disability benefit ends. Safety members are entitled to full salary up to one year.
You may also be entitled to additional benefits, such as vocational
and retraining benefits. These benefits cover school, counselors and
supplies in the event you need to seek another line of work due to your
work-related injury.
You may also be eligible for permanent disability benefits if the
injury results in a permanent handicap.
If the injury or illness results in death, then a benefit will be
paid to any surviving dependants.
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