Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

Re: Employer Penaltys

Did your employer delay your medical treatment? Your employer has ninety days to accept or deny a possible work-related injury, but they must send you for medical treatment immediately.

With regards to your spinal cord damage, is this what you were told by a doctor, or did you draw this conclusion on your own? There are many questions to ask you. You may have other causes of action against your employer or even a doctor.

Please feel free to contact my office for a free consultation at 818.385.0520.

Re: Employer Penaltys

Feel free to call us at 213.388.7070 for a free consultation to discuss your case.

Re: Employer Penaltys

reallistically the penalty can be up to 25% of the cost of the first office visit. Additionally, should a penalty issue you can request an audit by the Audit bureau. If the practice by your employer is found to be repetative, then the audit unit can assess up to $400,000 in fines.

Unfortunately, this does little to help you because the legislature gutted penalty provisions in April 2004 with the passage of SB-899. You might get $40 or $50 if the office visit is expensive and you can find an attorney to litigate a pre-Award penalty.