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A recent report shows that undocumented immigrants, particularly Latinos who are injured on the job, file fewer workers’ compensation claims. According to a report on Vida en el Valle, there is an underestimation of the number of Latinos who fail to receive compensation, who fail to report their injuries or who receive nominal, if any,…
Workers Compensation Lawyers on Recent Study Latino and African American men are at the highest risk for being injured on the job, according to a study from the University of Southern California. According to a report, researchers looked at data on 11.6 million people from the American Community Survey between 2006 and 2013. They found…
Workers Compensation Attorneys on Workers Comp Delay California’s Department of Industrial Relations, which administers the state’s workers’ compensation system, is fielding criticism from injured workers and doctors who say getting authorization for medical treatment is unreasonably difficult. According to an NBC Bay Area news report, the director of that department, Christine Baker, has defended the…
Workers Compensation Lawyers and Attorneys in Los Angeles on Tree Trimming Safety On Dec. 1, a worker in Mariposa County was struck by a tree branch and killed. On Dec. 4, a San Bernardino tree trimmer suffocated when dry palm fronds collapsed and trapped him. On Jan. 6 a worker in Los Angeles County fell…
CA Workers’ Comp Med Reviews Hit Record from Workers Compensation Lawyers The California workers’ compensation system’s independent medical review (IMR) process, which is used to resolve medical disputes, climbed by 6.5 percent in 2016, a new report shows. This is despite the fact that last year, physicians once again upheld about 90 percent of treatment…