This includes all medical treatment reasonably required to cure or relieve the effects of a work-related injury or illness, including doctor and hospital bills, prescription medicines, medical supplies and equipment and certain therapeutic treatments.
These benefits replace part of your wages (usually two-thirds) during the time that you are unable to perform the necessary functions of your job.
If doctors determine that your injury or illness has left you permanently unable to work, even with physical therapy or other treatment, you will be eligible for permanent disability benefits computed based on your impairment, occupation and age.
If you are found to be partially permanently disabled, you are eligible for a voucher to help pay for the costs of retraining you for a different type of work.
Surviving dependents (including spouses, children and other relatives) of an employee who died from a work-related injury or illness may recover death benefits. The amounts are computed based on several factors, including how many dependents are eligible.
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At Cruz and Cruz, PC, we help clients across Orange County recover the workers’ compensation benefits to which they are entitled. Whether you are filing an initial claim or appealing a denial or termination of benefits, we stand ready to help. Call (714)-283-3803 or contact us online to schedule your free initial case consultation at our Brea office.
Note that the benefits listed above are the only type of reimbursement you can obtain from your employer under workers’ compensation. However, if a third party was partly responsible for your work injuries, we may be able to file a separate claim that seeks recovery of damages for pain and suffering.
Note that the benefits listed above are the only type of reimbursement you can obtain from your employer under workers’ compensation. However, if a third party was partly responsible for your work injuries, we may be able to file a separate claim that seeks recovery of damages for pain and suffering.
No one wants to think about the eventuality of being no longer able to make decisions about their own medical care.
Yet, families are often left to make life-or-death medical decisions for loved ones who are unable to speak for themselves. If there is a living will in place, the family will be spared a great deal of indecision and stress, knowing what precisely what should be done.
At Johnson and Cruz, PC, in Fullerton, we can prepare a living will — known in California as an Advance Health Care Directive (AHCD) — that explicitly conveys your wishes about continuing or withholding health care and other important concerns.
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