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Don't let the Employer's insurance company dictate your medical care in your San Diego Workers' Compensation case: order San Diego work comp accident attorney Mark C. Blane's FREE new book California Personal Injury Guide: The Ten Secrets You Need To Know About Your Injury Claim, BEFORE You Call A Lawyer. It is a short, crystal clear and invaluable guide for those in need of support after a San Diego Work Comp Accident, or any California accident that involves a claim with the insurance companies. 

If you have been injured in San Diego County as the result of an employer's negligence then you need a San Diego California workers compensation lawyer who understands your rights. Do you have unpaid medical bills from your work related injury? Have you been unable to return to work after your accident? Do you live with aches and pains as a result of being injured at work? If so, an experienced Southern California workers compensation attorney like Mark C. Blane can represent you and maximize your monetary compensation.

What Makes your San Diego Workers' Compensation Injury Law Firm so Different from All the Other Ones Out There?

I like to think that we do not just represent injured folk in California against insurance companies, but that we also educate our injured San Diego workers' compensation clients, and also those work comp injury cases we do not take, on every step in the legal process of what they face and will face the best we can. I am not saying my law firm is the best San Diego workers' compensation injury law firm in San Diego county either; all I know is that I do a great job for each and every injured client I represent.  I take deep pride in my legal work, and I go to extraordinary detail on each trip and fall injury claim. I have a reputation of being overly detailed with some of the insurance companies in town, but that is the only way I can practice my profession. Also, I would rather be overly detailed on a case, than not detailed enough; this is especially true if we have to file a lawsuit. Also, I meet each client myself; I do not send an associate member or paralegal to "sign up an injured work comp client."  I have to meet everyone myself so I get to know them as a person first, and a client second. This is important, so I know who they are and how the injuries affect them; and how they will come across as a witness for themselves. 

Your San Diego Workers' Compensation Injury is administered through the San Diego Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) which is an administrative court system empowered through the California Labor Code.  It is located in Mission Valley in San Diego County.  If you or a loved one have been involved in any of these types of incidents and are suffering from severe bruising, lacerations, abrasions, contusions, disfigurements, serious head trauma, broken bones and crushed limbs, amputations, back and neck pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, cancer or other serious illnesses, then you need the guidance of a San Diego workers compensation lawyer like the Law Offices of Mark C. Blane.

Contact us now, there is no charge for your consultation. There are no legal fees until we win your case. You deserve to live the same life you did before your injury and an attorney with our firm can work to make you whole again. You don't have to face all these legal challenges by yourself.  Find out here the two reasons why San Diego work comp accident attorney Mark C. Blane is the competent and aggressive partner you want on your side after a serious San Diego Employer Negligence Injury. Give him a call Toll Free at 888-845-6269 or send him an email. Remember there are no fees for our legal services until we win your case, so call today. Hablamos Español.   

Blog for California Workers' Compensation

• Permanent Disability under San Diego Workers Compensation Laws | Injuries

  Description: The term Permanent Disability simply means an injured California worker has any lasting disability to a particular body part or parts that results in a reduced earning capacity or ability to work in the specific field that was part of the job in which the injured worker was injured. If your work related injury or illness results in permanent disability, then you are entitled to what the California Labor Code calls permanent disability (PD) benefits or PD benefits for short, even if you are able to go back to work after you recover from your work related injury.

• Medical Care and Your San Diego Workers' Compensation Case

  Description: San Diego Work Comp Law Firm: In the California workers’ compensation system, as an injured worker, you have the right to receive medical treatment that is reasonably required to cure or relieve the effects of your work related injury or illness, at the expense of your employer (your employer pays the insurance premiums to have work comp insurance which is required by California law). This medical care or treatment includes all necessary medical examination, diagnostic, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, and other hospital treatment along with any necessary nursing care, medication, crutches, orthotic and prosthetic devices, and other medical services that is directly related to the work related illness or injury.

• Specific On the Job Injuries Compared with Cumulative Injuries | San Diego

  Description: Under the California Labor Code, there are two types of injuries that a California worker can suffer on-the-job or during their course and scope of employment. The first type is there is a “specific" on-the-job injury. This is the most common type of work comp injury when people think of a work comp injury. For example, if you lift something heavy and injure your back, or if you are assaulted during work, or if you are involved in a car accident while making a work related delivery, then these are all considered a “specific” on-the-job injury that result directly from a specific incident that can be identified. There is no question of the causation of the injury. The second type is called a “cumulative” or “repetitive” on-th-job injury.

• San Diego Workers Compensation Attorney, San Diego Work Comp Lawyer
• San Diego Workers' Compensation (WCAB) Injury Attorney

  Description: VIDEO BLOG: SAN DIEGO WORK COMP INJURY CASE (WCAB) / Construction Site Accidents San Diego Workers' Compensation Attorney Mark C. Blane helps those injured on-the-job due to work comp injuries by negligent third parties. Construction sites are extremely dangerous working environments. Construction workers can suffer from floor opening falls, welding accidents, injuries from operating heavy machinery and other hazards. It is important that within a construction site accident evidence is compiled quickly and diligently in order to determine liability and any compensation the victim may be entitled to.

Library for California Workers' Compensation:

• What to Know about Permanent Disability in a San Diego Work Comp Case
  Description: If you have a San Diego workers' compensation case, one item you need to know about is permanent disability. Simply said, it means you have a lasting disability or impairment to the function of a particular body part or part(s). It is extremely important to your San Diego work comp case because the result or amount of any permanent disability is considered the foundation of value of your entire San Diego work comp case.
• The Difference Between "Specific Type" Job Injuries v. "Cumulative Type" Job Injuries in San Diego, and What You Need To Know
  Description: When it comes to a San Diego Workers Compensation Injury you have to be mindful of two types of injuries. These include a "specific" type work injury, and the other is called a "cumulative" type injury. They are only important in terms of difference, but this can have both negative and impacts on your potential San Diego work comp accident.
• On-the-job Slip and Falls in San Diego California
  Description: San Diego California On-the-job accidents typically fall under the purview of San Diego workers' compensation appeals board under the guidance of California labor code law. Whether you're working for a giant multinational or a mom-and-pop shop, however, your ability to make a personal injury claim for a San Diego California slip and fall accident will depend intimately on the specifics of your injuries, the nature and cause of your fall, and the degree to which your company and/or its employees were liable (at fault or partly at fault).
• Exclusive Remedy Rule under San Diego Workers Compensation, and the Process an Injured Worker should Know
  Description: San Diego Work Comp Lawyer Mark C. Blane explains: When an injured worker is injured on the job by someone or something connected with his employer, then he or she has a workers compensation claim. This means the injured worker has the right under California "exclusive remedy rule" to pursue his or her rights under the California work comp system with medical care, and payment of medical bills associated with that medical care.
  
  The entire work comp system is governed by the State of California under what is known as the California Labor Code, and all hearings, adjudications, and appeals are managed under an administrative court known as the Appeals Board. In San Diego, it is called the San Diego Workers Compensation Appeals Board, or WCAB for short. The main court in San Diego is located in Mission Valley.

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Frequent Questions for California Workers' Compensation:

• DEATH BENEFITS: If someone dies while on-the-job as the result of a work injury, what would be the death benefits under California workers' compensation should the death qualify for such a claim?
• AGREED MEDICAL EVALUATOR (AME): Okay, so what is an AME on my California or San Diego work comp case anyway?
• QUALIFIED MEDICAL EVALUATOR (QME): So what is a QME in regards to my San Diego or California workers' compensation case?
• PERMANENT AND STATIONARY (PS): I keep hearing my California work comp doctor and attorney saying things about a "P S" report , and they tell me it stands for a Permanent and Stationary medical report, and that it is real important to my San Diego work comp case. What are they talking about?
• ACCEPTED CLAIM: What is an accepted claim in relation to a San Diego work comp case?
• APPLICANT: What is an applicant in relation to a San Diego work comp case?
• APPEALS BOARD: What is the Workers Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB)?
• APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY: What is an applicant's attorney in relation to a San Diego work comp case?
• DISCRIMINATION: What if my employer discriminates against me for filing a San Diego work comp claim? What do I need to know and what can I do?
• DWC1 WORK COMP CLAIM FORM: What is the DWC1 Claim Form and why is it important in my San Diego workers' compensation claim?
• COMPROMISE AND RELEASE (CR): What is a Compromise and Release in regards to my San Diego workers' compensation case?
• STIP FOR AWARD: My uncle Bob told me his San Diego work comp attorney mentioned something about wanting to "stip his work comp case," what is he talking about?
• WORK COMP BENEFITS: Okay, if I have a valid San Diego work comp injury case, what benefits are available?
• FILING A WORK COMP CLAIM: Okay, how do I go about filing a San Diego workers' compensation claim if I believe I have been injured on the job?
• WORK COMP DEFINED: What is California Workers' Compensation?
• PAIN AND SUFFERING: Do you get pain and suffering damages in a San Diego Work Comp Claim?
• WORK COMP INSURANCE: If I am an employer in the state of California, do I need to have Workers' Compensation Insurance for my employees? Even if I am a roofer, or real estate broker with independent contractor agents?
• OUT-OF-STATE EMPLOYER: If I am an out-of-state of California employer, do I need to carry California Workers' Compensation insurance for my employees?
• SOLE BUSINESS OWNER: Is California Workers' Compensation Insurance required if I am a sole owner of a business with my wife, and we have no employees?
• ATTORNEY FEES: How is a San Diego Workers Compensation Attorney Paid?

Case Results for California Workers' Compensation:

• Death Benefits in a El Centro, California Workers Compensation Case

Awarded: $160,000.00

• Chula Vista Injured Worker Gets Injured by a Vehicle Backing Up

Awarded: $78,000.00

• Injured Escondido Worker from Truck Accident Gets Justice in WCAB

Awarded: $100,000.00 Policy Limits

• San Diego Workers' Compensation Injury: Injury Fall from Forklift

Awarded: $150,000.00

Videos about California Workers' Compensation:

• San Diego Workers' Compensation & Third Party Claims | What YOU Should Know
• San Diego Workers Compensation Attorney: Construction Accidents Need to Be Dealt With Promptly
• San Diego Workers Compensation Injury Lawyer Mark C. Blane Briefly Explains Third Party Injuries v. Workers Compensation Injuries

Web Resources for California Workers' Compensation:

• FAQ's for San Diego California Workers Compensation Accident Cases

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