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A workplace injury can happen in a split second, but the ramifications can last a lifetime. At Berman & More in Santa Ana, California, we understand the new California workers compensation process and will work tirelessly to get our clients the medical help they need. Whether the client is a construction worker who fell off scaffolding, an office worker with carpal tunnel syndrome, or a factory worker whose back was sprained in an industrial accident, workmans comp attorney Keith P. More cares.

Serving victims of personal injury, workers compensation, and wrongful death throughout Orange County, including the cities of Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Tustin, Anaheim, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, Brea, Westminster, Garden Grove, Orange, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, Yorba Linda, La Habra, Laguna Nigel, and Fullerton in California.

The Claim Process Now Puts Workers at a Disadvantage

On April 19, 2004, the California workers compensation process changed. The system was revamped and now makes it harder for injured employees to get the help they need. Under the new laws, the benefits that injured workers are entitled to include:

• Temporary Disability: workers will now receive two-thirds of their average weekly wage
• Medical Treatment: employers have an obligation to provide up to $10,000 in reasonable and necessary medical care (including hospital beds, leg braces, etc.) until the work comp claim is either admitted or denied, but it must pass through a utilization review first, and many insurance companies are denying these basic benefits
• Permanent Disability: after the injured worker's condition has stabilized, he or she is entitled to this type of disability, only now it is based on whole person impairment rather than an inability to compete in the open job market, as in the past
• Vocational Rehabilitation: before the laws changed, if a doctor labeled you as a QIW (qualified injured worker), you were entitled to $16,000 worth of vocational rehabilitation, but now injured employees can only get a voucher for a minimum amount of retraining, if any at all

Keith More Understands Californias Workers Compensation Process

If you have been hurt on the job, you need to use your energy to get well, not fight with the insurance companies. Workers compensation attorney Keith More has been an applicant counsel for injured clients for the past 17 years. He knows that many other lawyers fail to take into account the injured workers overtime pay or second jobs, and therefore do not get their clients a large enough settlement for their recovery.

Unlike other attorneys, Keith More will go to court just to get injured workers the basic fundamental medical treatment they need. Because of his dedication, he has been named Orange County Workers Compensation Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2003 and 2004, and a member of the Million Dollar Advocate Club.

Workers' Compensation Reform Today: Tort Reform Tomorrow by Keith P. More, Esq.

For a free initial consultation to discuss your job injury, contact Orange County workers compensation attorney Keith More. At Berman & More, we thoroughly understand the California workers compensation process and will fight to get you the treatment you require to get back in the labor market.

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Orange County workers compensation claim attorney providing workers compensation, personal injury lawsuit, spinal cord injury lawsuit, workers comp, and workplace accident legal services to clients throughout Orange County.