Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

You're getting cheated in this proposed settlement, and the Judge is likely going to insist the Insurer provide some additional benefit for you before agreeing to approve it.

Insurers will ask workers without attorneys to sign settlements that cheat the workers, and since you never met with an attorney and you never went to the Information & Assistance Officer, the Judge likely wants to show you at a Conference how you're getting cheated with the agreement you signed.

YOU SHOULD DO TWO THINGS; go to the free Seminar put on at the Workers Compensation Appeals Board office by the local Information & Assistance Officer... you might learn there how the documents you signed would harm you if approved.

THEN go to the Conference, the Information & Assistance Officer (NOT an attorney, just a state employee trained in some comp regulations) will show you the hearing room and have you 'sign in' and go with you to talk to the WCAB Judge about what is wrong with the proposed settlement as written... then you can decide if you prefer to 'withdraw' your signature because you unwittingly entered into a horrible deal, or if you want only what's in the settlement even if you could get a lot more with an little work.