California Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits
California workers’ compensation law provides death benefits to individuals who are dependent and/or partially dependent on an individual who suffers a death on the job. A knowledgeable workers’ compensation attorney will be able to assist you in establishing your status to receive death benefits by evaluating whether you qualify as a dependent or partial dependent […]
Are You Entitled to an Upward Adjustment to Life Pension Payments?
I’ve conversed with many individuals in receipt of lifetime pensions at temporary disability rates from the time of their injury per California workers’ compensation law. Recent changes to California workers’ compensation law provide that injured workers who are receiving workers’ compensation benefits in the form of lifetime pensions (aka “life pensions”) or permanent total disability […]
California Construction Workers: Enough Injury and Death
California construction workers regularly lose their lives for their work. The death of a construction worker is something that few want to discuss but must clearly be addressed. California workers’ compensation law considers the devastating death of a construction worker that occurs in the course and scope of his or her duty a work related […]