What Does a Workers Compensation Attorney Really Do?
It’s helpful when looking for a Sonoma County workers comp attorney to have a basic understanding of what workers comp attorneys actually do for their clients. The simple answer is “a lot!” But there’s quite a bit more to it.
How a Work Injury Lawyer Can Change Your Life
Oh! Let us count some of the ways: The Law Offices of Marc Francis, a work injury lawyer in Santa Rosa, can ensure that you receive your workers’ compensation benefits as provided for under California law. Whether the benefit at issue is your medical treatment, your temporary disability benefit, your permanent partial disability benefit, or... Read More →
Don’t Sign Those Papers Without a Lawyer!
Ok, you got hurt at work, reported the injury to your employer, but now the insurance company has mailed you documents they say you must immediately sign to settle your case! You need a Sonoma County workers comp lawyer to discuss your case in detail and advise you how best to proceed. Have you been... Read More →
My Employer Says He Has No Workers’ Comp Insurance. I Need a Santa Rosa Workers’ Comp Attorney Now!
At the Law Offices of Marc Francis we all too often receive calls from injured workers who tell us that their employer claims they have no workers’ comp insurance. If the injured workers’ employer is indeed uninsured for workers’ compensation injuries that means no medical treatment, no disability benefits, and no accountability for that employer,... Read More →
Sonoma County Workers’ Compensation Attorney Can Help With Your Compensable Consequence Injury
Okay, here’s the story about compensable consequence injuries faced by many injured workers, and why the Law Offices of Marc Francis, a leading Sonoma County workers’ compensation attorney, can help. You suffer a fall at work and reach out with your hand to break your fall, injuring your shoulder joint and perhaps your wrist and... Read More →
Avoid Case and Online Issues with a Workers Compensation Attorney
Social media may not be all that ‘social’ in your workers compensation case! As workers compensation attorneys in Santa Rosa, we are well aware of how insurance companies investigate injured workers by spying on their social media communications in order to look for information to defeat the workers’ claims or reduce their benefits by claiming... Read More →
Workers Compensation Attorneys | Law Offices of Marc Francis
At a recent seminar for workers compensation lawyers in Santa Rosa an expert in surveillance of injured workers described how insurance companies use investigators with video cameras and even remote-controlled drones to spy on you to get information to defeat your workers compensation claim or to reduce the value of your case. At the law... Read More →
Before You sign, Contact A Worker’s Compensation Attorney
At the Law Offices of Marc Francis, one of the first things I advise new clients is to NOT sign any documents provided by the insurance carrier. These might be medical releases, injury reports prepared by the employer or insurance company, or waivers to your rights under California workers’ compensation law. I routinely receive calls... Read More →
A Worker’s Compensation Attorney Can Protect You
If you are injured at work in Santa Rosa, CA or anywhere in Sonoma County and you report the injury to your employer by filing a claim form, you are almost certain to receive a call from your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier’s claims investigator. Should you take that call? My answer to that question... Read More →
PREPARING FOR YOUR INITIAL CONSULTATION WITH YOUR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ATTORNEY
When meeting with your workers’ compensation attorney for the first time, either in person or over the telephone, you will no doubt have a number of questions, as you should. Your new attorney will also have a number of questions for you, and it will make your consultation much more productive if you are prepared... Read More →