Legal Question in Workers Comp in California
do not know who to contact for support ?
California Workers Compensation :
injury in 2000, 2012 just found out wrong part of body was focused according to form DWC-1 and complaints and concerns in depositions and reports
1. contacted insurance co. of doctors findings, done nothing to correct !
2. someone said try malpractice law and they said i need a w/c law
3. w/c law says to go insurance co. that is where we started
1 Answer from Attorneys
You had until 5 years post-injury to prove additional body parts were involved.
In short, too much time has passed to add on a body part now.
YOU HAD the responsibility to check to see all the body parts affected were listed on the claim form and the application...if you failed to be certain every body part impacted was covered within the first 5 years, you surrendered your rights to add more body parts later.