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  • What Is a Panel Qualified Medical Evaluator?

    A Panel Qualified Medical Evaluator (PQME) is a doctor who is supposed to be neutral. He’s not the employer’s doctor and he’s not the injured workers ...

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  • The Two Main Types of Work Injuries You Can Claim in Workers’ Comp

    One of the biggest misunderstandings among California workers is not realizing that there are two different kinds of injuries a person can suffer ...

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  • Can Coronavirus (Covid-19) Be The Basis Of A Workers Compensation Claim Or Injury?

    Can You Get Workers' Comp If You Get COVID At Work? Due to the coronavirus pandemic, people across the country have been sheltering in place to slow ...

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  • Can I Sue My Employer in Civil Court for My Workers’ Compensation Injury?

    Usually not. When they drew up the "Workers Compensation Act" (before most of us were even born) the employer gave up their right to assert ...

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  • My Gardner’s Worker Hurt Himself in My Front Yard; Will He Sue Me for Workers’ Compensation?

    It depends, of course. The most important consideration may be whether the worker’s boss has a contractor’s license and, of course, whether he has ...

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  • What Happens to My Family If I Die From a Work Accident?

    If your death is the result of an accident on the job your “dependents,” (i.e. wife, minor children, etc.) may be entitled to Workers’ Compensation ...

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  • Workers’ Compensation Benefits: Are They Enough to Get You By?

    That depends on your needs. We are currently talking about only two thirds of your salary or wages based upon what the insurance community calls your ...

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  • Doing Business Without Workers Compensation Insurance? It Can Be a Recipe for Disaster

    I don’t know how many times my secretary has told me that some small business owner was in the lobby wanting to talk to me about a “problem” he or she ...

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  • Big Changes in Workers’ Compensation on the Way

    Big Changes in Workers' Compensation on the Way

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  • A Workers’ Compensation Claim…Will My Employer’s Insurance Company Secretly Take Video of Me If I File?

    Can the Workers' Compensation Insurance Company Spy On Me? Possibly. The more suspicious the employer is regarding your worker’s compensation claim, ...

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