California Workers’ Compensation

Since 1979, the California workers’ compensation attorneys at the injury law firm of DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo have helped injured people get better, receive their fair compensation and get back to their regular life. We look forward to your call or visit and please know that we will be with you all the way.

Workers’ Compensation

Here is roughly what qualifies under California workers’ compensation laws. Workers’ compensation includes any injury or injuries that have happened to an employee while they were working or they were within in the scope of their employment. This includes both injuries that happen while on-the-job that are due to a specific and possibly sudden event and injuries that build up over a longer period of time. Many of these work injuries are due to repetitive physical stress. A common example of this is carpal tunnel syndrome. Workplace injuries can include work-related medical problems such as hypertension, heart disease, stress, trouble breathing, or exposure to toxic vapors or toxic chemicals.

We Can Help

Most likely you or a loved one has just suffered an injury that is work related. That is unfortunate that it happened and we hope that you allow us to be part of the solution and recovery. Our knowledgeable firm of attorneys, experts and staff will work for you so you can have the time to focus on what matters most: you and your recuperation. Whether you have suffered a work injury, head injury, arm injury, eye injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, burn injury, leg injury, brain injury, hand injury, foot injury, or any other serious or catastrophic injury from an event at the factory, assembly line, office, laboratory, construction site or in a car accident, boating accident, bicycle accident, SUV accident or truck accident, allow us to represent you going forward.

What 4 Things Victims Needs

Prudent and relevant guidance toward competent medical treatment for their injury or injuries;
A team with a full range of advocates and experts to be on their side;
A lawyer who will work for them and take this injury and make it as successful and empowering as it can be; and
An experienced California Workers Compensation Lawyer from DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo to look into their case for the possibility of Third-Party civil claims.

Employers Are Mandated

California Workers’ Compensation Law requires all employers to have full Workers' Compensation insurance for their entire staff. The system was put in place because of the unfortunate realities of the past where employees were not protected. The specific insurance rates vary based on how “injury-prone” each job classification is. This is to make sure that all employers have enough insurance. As an example, employers pay a higher rate of insurance if they employ workers who use riskier tools like ladders, table saws or chain saws. The insurance provides the following types of payouts for injured employees:

Disability payments to you while you are recovering;
Reimbursement of related medical costs; and
Compensation in the event you have been diagnosed with long-term disabilities or injuries.

Why Trust Our Firm?

DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo has been helping injury victims since the late 1970s. During those thirty-plus years, we have probably seen almost every type of injury circumstance. We have prided ourselves on being loyal and ethical for our clients while maximizing their recoveries. If employers are mandated to carry insurance to cover future employee injury costs, why is it so hard to get the compensation you are rightfully due? Determining if you are eligible for workers’ compensation and the total value of the compensation is actually rather complex. Your employer's workers’ compensation insurance company’s main motivation is to minimize the amount they have to payout within the law. They use the complexity of the laws and the difficulty in dealing with injuries as a smoke screen to help them do this. Getting the full compensation most likely will require representation by experienced workers' compensation lawyers.

DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo work injury lawyers can and will help you through your workplace injury. We will insure the preservation of your on-the-job injury rights and the receipt of the legal and medical benefits you are entitled to, such as:

We Will Be There For You

Our lawyers will conduct an initial claim value assessment and give you detailed explanations for your options;
Our team of experts will give you prudent advice to help you reach MMI (Maximum Medical Improvement);
Our firm will protect your income as we will fight for you to ensure your employer treats you right because if you cannot work due to your job then your employer is required to pay disability;
Our firm will protect your position at work because your employer cannot penalize or fire you if you file a claim for workers’ compensation; and
Our lawyers will maximize your State Disability Benefits (SDI) and Social Security Benefits.

Maximizing The Compensation

The California Workers' Compensation attorneys at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo work hard to help you get the positive verdict or settlement you deserve. The standard procedure is to examine all of our cases to look for other responsible parties in addition to just that of your employer. If your injury is also due to the negligence of a Third Party, you are possibly eligible to obtain additional compensation beyond just that which is provided by the California workers' compensation laws. When a Third Party is found to be involved in causing your work injury, our attorneys will represent you in both a worker's compensation claim and a civil legal cause of action against the additional Third Party. This maximizes the recovery you can be awarded.

Additional Recovery

Work injury claims that have the Third Party qualify for proceeding with a California workers’ compensation claim and a civil Third Party work injury claim can be delicate cases that need coordination and an overall strategy guiding them both. This is due to the fact that while both claims are legally separate their proceedings are actually linked to each other. A misstep in either of the two claims could cause your rights to compensation from to become limited. Our attorneys at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo have worked on these dual cases for over thirty years and are ready to successfully carry out yours.

Contact Us – Free Case Evaluation

You may have a lot of worries, stress and questions right now in addition to taking care of yourself after having been injured. You will quickly be comforted when you call our firm and find out for yourself that our team will be there for you throughout this process. We make the first consultation free as a way for you to meet with us, learn about our personal customer service and for you to let the stress go.

We also have a No Upfront Fees Policy. Until we do the job you hired us for and win your injury case(s), you won’t be charged any legal fees for our assistance or time.

We are regularly available Monday – Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm to meet you are your home, your hospital room or our office. Our team will also meet you in the evening or on the weekends by an appointment. You can call us regardless of the time of day to schedule your free consultation and case evaluation or to ask any question at (888) 516-8530.