Lawyers Explain Why Obtaining Social Security Disability Benefits is Harder in 2017– Our experienced Long Beach Social Security Disability lawyers keep abreast of the ongoing changes being made by the Social Security Administration. Unfortunately, this year the Social Security Administration has implemented changes that make it much harder to meet their definition of disability, in order […]
Why Haven’t I Received My Social Security Disability Retroactive Pay? What are Retroactive Social Security Disability Benefits? Retroactive Social Security Disability benefits are amounts paid for the months a person was disabled and unable to work before they applied for SSDI. There is a limit of twelve months of retroactive Social Security Disability benefits that […]
Can I Get Social Security Disability Back Pay or Retroactive Pay? If you are approved for Social Security Disability benefits, you may also be eligible for back payments and possibly retroactive payments. Note that back pay and retroactive pay are two different things. Whether you are eligible for either, or both, back payments and retroactive […]
Social Security Adds 3 Impairments to Compassionate Allowance List– In 2008 The Social Security Administration put in place a “Compassionate Allowance Program” to help the most severely disabled individuals get their Social Security disability benefits faster, without long delays. The Compassionate Allowance List (CAL) program applies to both Social Security Disability (SSDI) cases as well as […]
Collecting Workers Comp for Car & Travel Injuries – Workers Comp Lawyers Explain “Going & Coming Rule” (Part 2): This is PART 2 of an article by our Long Beach Workers Comp lawyers, addressing injuries sustained by employees while driving to and from work, while driving a company car, or while traveling for work. For […]
Collecting Workers Comp for Car & Travel Injuries – Workers Comp Lawyers Explain “Going & Coming Rule” (Part 1): Our experienced Long Beach Workers Comp lawyers are often contacted by employees who have been injured while driving a company car, while traveling for work and/or while driving to and from work. They wonder whether Workers […]
Deputy Arrested for Workers Compensation Fraud – The recent case of a San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy is a sobering example of the dangers of exaggerating – or “faking” – an injury in order to collect Workers Compensation. Matthew Tobolsky claimed to have suffered a back injury from lifting a two 5-gallon water bottles at […]
Long Beach Attorneys Explain Medicare & Workers Compensation – The average American worker does not begin to collect Medicare until the time they retire. So they typically rely on employer-provided health insurance benefits while employed – and Medicare after they retire. But, in the case of disabled employees who are receiving Workers’ Compensation benefits, the […]
Can I Collect Workers Compensation for a Heart Attack? Workers Compensation is awarded for “work related” injuries or illness. An injury or illness is considered work-related if exposure or an event in the work environment caused a condition or contributed to it, or aggravated a pre-existing condition significantly. Disabilities resulting from a workplace accident are almost always […]
Attorneys Carefully Watching New Law on Workers’ Compensation & Gender Discrimination For many years women’s advocates, progressive legislators, and The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA) have tried to pass new legislation to address gender inequality in workers’ compensation cases. These laws attempt to fix certain unfair treatment of women during the workers compensation process. Our […]
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