Posts by Charles Cleveland

Obtaining a medical treatment has changed radically for all existing workers compensation cases as of July 1, 2012 and applies to all dates of injury that have stipulated awards for future medical care or in active ongoing cases. If you have suffered a work injury and are in need of medical care, these procedures will…

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I recently answered this question on AVVO.com  regarding the current state of vocational rehabilitation and job retraining for injured workers. I hope you find this information on Worker’s Compensation benefits helpful. https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/what-kind-of-retraining-or-voc-rehab-is-available–1560977.html?answered=true Actual vocational rehabilitation and job retraining went away in 2009 with a sunset provision that was included in Senate Bill 899 and that…

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httpss://www.facebook.com/WorkCompAttorney/posts/700473929981254?notif_t=like Workers in in California  who suffer workers compensation injuries are living at poverty wages which have not moved in the last 20 years. Contact your legislator if you aren’t injured worker was suffered an on-the-job injury and  express your opinion regarding the plight of workers who suffer work injuries and have to live on…

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Call, write, email, facsimile your state legislature representative and urge them to vote no on AB 1309. This bill is going to open the door to the elimination of cumulative trauma claims. California recognizes cumulative trauma and repetitive motion claims and it is only one of nine states left in the US that recognize them…

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