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Workers' Compensation

Workers' Compensation is a "no-fault" legal system. 

An injured worker does not have to prove that an employer or a co-worker did something to cause an injury.
Additionally, an employer cannot dispute your injury by claiming that your injury was caused by your own carelessness or recklessness.

WHAT IS A DATE OF INJURY?
The date of injury is the day an employee is hurt 
or first becomes aware that a work related condition or illness was caused by their job


TWO TYPES OF WORK INJURIES
Specific Date of Injury vs. A Cumulative Trauma

A specific date of injury occurs on the day a work-related accident happens

A cumulative trauma injury occurs if the injury developed over time - the date you first realized your job was causing you condition 


Legal Benefits Injured Workers May Be Owed
* Workers' Compensation benefits are limited by law and include:

* Temporary Disability Payments for time off work due to your injury.

* Medical care coverage for injured body parts

* Mileage costs coverage for travel to medical appointments

* Job Displacement Voucher, including up to $6000 in re-education benefits


*There are no upfront costs for the injured worker. 
Frost Law is not paid for their services until the injured worker receives their final award settlement. 
This is called a contingency fee basis which, in worker's compensation,  is 15% of the final settlement.
Many people do not know that workers' compensation benefits are mandated by the California Constitution. This tells us that the framers of this Constitution took the rights of injured workers very seriously and were committed to protecting them. However, the implementation of an actual system of benefits was left to the California Legislature.  Recent Legislative changes have clearly demonstrated that, for whatever reason, many of our State lawmakers do not truly share this commitment to protecting the rights of injured workers.
 
Injured workers throughout the State of California have had their benefits drastically reduced by the Legislature. In particular, permanent disability benefits and the right to medical treatment have been seriously affected. We consider this to be of grave concern, since the workers' compensation system is the "exclusive remedy" when one sustains an injury on the job. An injured worker cannot "opt out" of the system and proceed through civil litigation as an alternative. Since workers' compensation is "all there is", we hope that future Legislative changes will reflect a greater sensitivity to the very real needs of injured workers and their families.
 
Nobody ever plans on getting hurt at work, but on-the-job injuries are much more prevalent and much more devastating than most people realize. In spite of the fact that many important legal benefits have now been reduced, and some have even been eliminated, it is still essential for any California worker who sustains a serious job injury to obtain the assistance of competent legal counsel, and to do so before it is too late for a lawyer to provide any meaningful help. Here at the Frost Law Office, we remain committed to protecting the rights of all injured workers, and we will continue to do everything in our power, as attorneys, to obtain for our clients all the workers compensation benefits to which they are legally entitled.

Why do I need a lawyer?

Workers' compensation benefits are mandated by the California Constitution.   This tells us that the framers of this Constitution took the rights of injured workers very seriously and were committed to protecting them.   However, the implementation of an actual system of benefits was left to the California Legislature. 

As a result, the Workers' Compensation laws have become extremely complicated.

Injured workers throughout the State of California have had their benefits drastically reduced by the Legislature. In particular, disability benefits and the right to medical treatment have been seriously affected.  We consider this to be of grave concern, since the workers' compensation system is the "exclusive remedy" when one sustains a injury on the job.  

An injured worker cannot "opt out" of the system and proceed through civil litigation as an alternative.  Since workers' compensation is "all there is", we hope that future Legislative changes will reflect a greater sensitivity to the very real needs of injured workers and their families.

Nobody ever plans on getting hurt at work, but on-the-job injuries are much more prevalent and much more devastating than most people realize.  In spite of the fact that many important legal benefits have now been reduced, and some have even been eliminated, it is still essential for a California worker who sustains a serious job injury to obtain the assistance of competent legal counsel, and to do so before it is too late for a lawyer to provide any meaningful help.  

Here at the Frost Law Office, we remain committed to protecting the rights of all injured workers, and we will continue to do everything in our power, as attorneys, to obtain for our clients all the workers' compensation benefits to which they are legally entitled.