The recent mass shooting at a country music festival in another state shocked and terrified many throughout the country. Tragically, many lives were lost and hundreds of innocent attendees were injured as they tried to escape the massacre. Approximately 40...
Workers’ Compensation
Wildfires are a hazard to firefighting teams
With wildfires spreading across the United States, there is a real fear that many people could lose their homes and businesses. If you're working to fight these fires or are still at your job when a fire strikes, you could be in danger of an injury. How can you be...
Legal counsel to help fight denied workers’ compensation
Many computer programmers and IT specialists aspire to work for rapidly growing and popular companies such as the ride-sharing California-based company Uber. Unfortunately, for one man, the alleged intense work environment may have resulted in his suicide. His spouse...
New laws require workers’ compensation in the marijuana industry
In 2010 a marijuana farmer decided to shoot a migrant worker four times, which resulted in his death. The migrant worker had complained about poor working conditions, and violence resulted. It is suspected that there are many other cases of abuse and violence of...
New workers’ compensation law to address workplace violence
Workplace accidents occur on a regular basis in California, some causing severe injuries to employees. Fortunately, state law requires employers to carry workers' compensation insurance which helps to ensure medical treatment and financial coverage for any injured...
Business denied workers’ compensation to employees for years
California law requires employers to purchase workers' compensation insurance as a benefit for employees. It is in place to protect the employees if they are injured or become ill on the job. If an employer chooses not adhere to the law, he or she may face criminal...
You have the right to benefits through workers’ compensation
If you are employed in California, you have certain rights in the event that you are injured in a work accident or become ill due to unsafe work conditions. You are entitled to workers' compensation benefits, which includes medical treatment, recovery of lost wages...
Young construction worker suffers fatal work injury
Few professions offer as much danger as working in the construction industry. Many California construction workers love being able to work outside, but with that freedom comes the ever-present dangers presented by being surrounded by high-powered tools, shifting work...
An overview of workers’ compensation in California
The term workers' compensation references a system of laws addressing the benefits that apply to injured employees, including the surviving families of workers killed on the job. It also refers to the procedures that must follow in order to claim said benefits. In...
1 suffers fatal work injury in construction accident
A construction worker was recently killed in a construction accident that occurred out of state. The accident occurred on a recent Wednesday morning in March. When California workers suffer a work injury -- fatal or not -- the victim or the victim's family is entitled...