Anaheim Permanent Disability Attorneys

If you have suffered a serious and permanently disabling injury during the scope of your employment, you want to obtain a skilled attorney as soon as possible. Whether you receive permanent disability depends on getting the right attorney, right physician, and right medical report in order to accurately evaluate your injury. This is paramount in proving the validity of your injury.

Workers' compensation attorney Mitchell Shapiro has more than 30 years of courtroom experience. He will aggressively pursue your workers' compensation case, whether through negotiations or at trial, in order to maximize compensation. If you have suffered a serious and willful injury, there are additional options available for you that attorney Mitchell Shapiro can discuss with you.

Permanently Disabling Injury? Call Us Today at 714-784-0378.
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The Anaheim permanent disability attorneys and staff at the law offices of Mitchell A. Shapiro, Inc. provide efficient and friendly service that keeps permanent disability cases running smoothly. Contact our law office today.

Workers' Compensation and Permanent Disability

To receive permanent disability, your injuries must be diagnosed as permanent and stationary. Until then, you are entitled only to temporary disability benefits. Because Mitchell Shapiro has been practicing in California for decades, he is very familiar with the reputation of doctors in the area. The evaluation of your injury is critical in determining the disability rating you receive. This rating establishes how much and what type of benefits you will receive.

Serious and Willful Injuries

We work hard to ensure that all your options are exercised in order to maximize compensation. If your case is covered by worker's compensation, you are not able to pursue a personal injury claim (unless third-party liability was involved). However, if an employer's actions were "willful" rather than negligent, then a victim can receive an additional 50 percent in compensation benefits. For example, suppose a victim received $150,000 in benefits and the actions of his or her employer were found to be willful. Then, an additional 50 percent is added, totaling $225,000.

Serious and willful injuries are often due to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) violations. A worker may have informed his or her employer several times about a violation. Unfortunately, the employer ignored these warnings, and the worker ends up getting seriously injured. This is a serious and willful injury.

Contact Our Santa Ana Willful Injuries Lawyers

You have a limited period to file a workers' compensation claim. Call or contact us online to set up a free initial consultation with a permanent disability lawyer. Call 714-784-0378.