Do You Need an Experienced Workers' Compensation Attorney in the Sacramento area because you're overwhelmed with the process or are getting the run-around?

If so, we can help. Call us Toll Free at 800-404-5400 or contact us online for a FREE, no obligation consultation.

Even as you read these words, you probably know someone dealing with a work injury. The effects can be devastating both financially and emotionally as an injured workers’ livelihood is placed on hold while he or she struggles to find his or her way through an extremely complicated system of benefits. 

While the California Workers’ Compensation System was originally developed so that employees could not initiate lawsuits against their employers for negligence when injured, there are a number of areas today within the system itself that often require the assistance of an experienced workers’ compensation attorney.

Just below, we show the entire process that you'll go through - or are already experiencing.  Take a close look so you can see what your up against - and why having a workers comp attorney can be a smart decision.

The 4 Stage Process of a Workers’ Compensation Injury and Available Benefits at Each Stage of the Process

1. Injury
• Medical Care
• Medical Mileage Reimbursement (a monetary reimbursement for mileage to and from doctor appointments)
2. Healing Phase
• Medical Care
• Medical Mileage Reimbursement
• Temporary Disability (a monetary benefit that is two thirds of an injured workers’ average weekly wage with   minimum and maximum caps)
3. Post Healing Phase
• Medical Care
• Medical Mileage reimbursement
• Permanent Disability (a monetary benefit expressed in a percentage. For example 52% permanent disability)
4. Settlement
• Medical Care
• Cash Award
• Vocational Rehabilitation (for injuries occurring before January 1, 2004)
• Supplement Job Displacement Voucher  (for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2004

Few people can navigate the complexities of the workers’ compensation system by themselves. Because of the nature of their injuries and the experience of the insurance claims adjuster, most people need the assistance of a competent workers compensation attorney. The problems that occur throughout the four stages are varied and often complex. Some examples include:

• an initial denial of liability for the injury,
• failure to authorize medical care,
• failure to pay temporary disability or pay it at the correct rate,
• selecting the wrong medical legal evaluator for the assessment of permanent disability

When to seek a workers’ compensation attorney

While an attorney can be of assistance throughout each stage of a work injury, to maximize the benefits to which you are entitled, it is imperative that you seek counsel prior to the selection of a medical legal evaluator.  This is a doctor that is selected from a three member panel towards the end of the healing phase of an injury and offers his or her opinions on permanent disability.

Significant case law has developed within the last two years with respect to how permanent disability is assessed which greatly effects the injured workers’ final settlement.  An insurance claims adjuster is not going to ask a medical legal evaluator to address this case law and how it affects your permanent disability.  An experienced Sacramento workers compensation attorney can and will.

For more information and a free consultation contact us here or please call us at (916) 921-6400 or 800-404-5400.

We will not pressure you.  We will not try to push you to retain an attorney.   We will simply answer your questions - and ask you a few questions.  Then you can decide if you need an attorney to help with your workers compensation claim.

Menu

Sacramento Injury Lawyer - Sacramento Auto Accident Attorney - California Personal Injury Law Firm
Sacramento Auto Accident Attorney - Automobile Accident Attorney In Sacramento - Solano County Car Crash Lawyers
Sacramento Motorcycle Accident Lawyer :: Sacramento Motorcycle Accidents :: Sacramento Motorcycle Accident Attorneys
Sacramento Brain Injury Attorney :: Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer :: Sacramento Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers
Sacramento Workers Compensation Attorney - Workers Compensation Attorneys Sacramento - Sacramento Workers Comp Lawyer