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Wells Law, Work Comp Attorney's show
by Wells Law, Work Comp Attorney
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Sacramento Work Comp Attorney
The purpose of this podcast is to introduce our firm to the Sacramento community.
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Cal Fire Firefighters - Labor Code 4811
This week, the Cal Fire Local 2881 announced an agreement with the State of California for an increased benefit when firefighters are taken off work for a workers’ compensation injury.
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Cal Fire, McKinney Fire & Oak Fire, and Workers’ Compensation
We are well into fire season with McKinney and Oak Fires dominating the news. The focus is on climate change affecting dry conditions, loss of structures and homes, and loss of land.
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Workers' Compensation in Humboldt & Del Norte Counties
Workers’ Compensation in the Eureka and Crescent City areas are very different than other areas of the State.
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Industrial Disability Retirement and Maximum Medical Improvement
This week I wanted to discuss a common problem that is inherent in the workers’ compensation and Industrial Disability Retirement process.
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Industrial Disability Retirement (IDR) and Subsequent Injuries Benefit Trust Fund (SIBTF)
It is important to understand SIBTF when applying for IDR especially if you’ve had prior workers’ compensation claims where settlement amounts are paid.
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Catastrophic Accidents in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties
If you currently live or grew up in Humboldt or Del Norte counties, you understand the unique challenges we have with medical care especially workers' compensation.
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Cal Fire Conference 2022
My firm attended the Cal Fire 2881 conference this year. The last time we were at the conference was 2020; obviously the pandemic kept us from the in-person conference.
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CDCR - File Multiple Work Comp Claims or One?
When handling CDCR workers’ compensation claims, you run into officers who have multiple incidents over a period of time. Some of them are bandaid form situations and others require that a workers’ compensation claim form be filed with the employer.
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CAL FIRE and Workers' Compensation Presumptons
As with most safety personnel, firefighters have multiple presumptions, and if you have an a medical diagnosis, it may be related to work and you may not be aware of it. It’s important to understand your rights especially if you are coming up on retirement.
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CHP - California Highway Patrol & Workers' Compensation Presumptions
As with most safety personnel, highway patrol officers have multiple presumptions and if you have an a medical diagnosis, it may be related to work and you may not be aware of it. It’s important to understand your rights especially if you are coming up on retirement.
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CDCR, Heart Presumption, and Custodial Duties
As a CDCR employee, you may be entitled to the heart trouble presumption, which means that if your heart condition develop a heart condition while employed by CDCR, it is presumed to be related to his job with CDCR.
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Difference Between Impairment and. Disability
In most of my cases, the discussion of impairment and disability isn’t an explanation I generally have to give in some of my workers’ compensation claims unless I am debating the concept with the Defendants in the case. However, when I have a safety personnel such as CDCR prison personnel and...
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California Fire Season 2020 & Workers' Compensation Injuries
With the size of the August Complex, SCU Lighting Complex, LNU Lightening Complex, North Complex, Creek, CZU Lightening fires and the great number of fires this year (as of the writing of this article, there are 18 fires over 10 acres currently burning), there are going to be a lot injuries.
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Understanding Prescriptions in Workers' Compensation
Understanding the doctor’s role, your pharmacies’ role, your attorney’s role, and the workers’ compensation insurance company’s obligation is critical in the prescription process.
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COVID-19 & Safety Personnel
Jason Wells discusses the trends in workers' compensation with COVID-19 and how they're impacting safety personnel
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2020 Cal Fire Local 2881 Conference
Wells Law attended the 2020 CAL FIRE Local 2881 Convention in downtown Sacramento between Thursday, January 9 and January 11. This podcast discusses some of the situations we encountered regarding workers' compensation issues with membership.
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Subsequent Injuries Benefit Trust Fund (SIBTF)
This is a common issue missed in many workers' compensation cases. You'll have somebody that has a workers' compensation claim and they have a certain amount of disability in that claim and they have pre-existing disability usually caused by something that's unrelated to the workers' compensation...
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