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FROM THE BLOG
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Where Are the Reasonable Settlements?
Our law firm, Timmons, Owen, Jansen & Tichy, Inc., have been practicing personal injury and workers’ compensation law for over forty years and we have seen many changes over that time. Today, the small to medium size personal injury case has become very difficult to settle. Particularly, in the past five years, the insurance industry […]
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The Uber-Lyft Issue
As Uber and Lyft ridesharing increases in our cities and society in general, the likelihood of accidents involving at least one shared-platform vehicle also increases. Uber and Lyft are called Transportation Network Companies and persons who seek transportation are “Riders.” People who drive the automobiles are called “Drivers.” The matching of Riders and Drivers is […]
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UR: Money Talk, Injured Workers Walk
As my college buddy ZQ used to say, “JT, money talk, bullshit walk.” In workers’ compensation and Utilization Review (UR), “money talk, injured workers walk.” In workers’ comp, UR is the process where medical treatment recommendations for workers’ comp injuries are either approved or denied. If they are denied, the UR denial may be appealed […]
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Is the California Supreme Court in a Renaissance?
In the 1990’s and early 2000’s, the California Supreme Court came up with legal fictions such as “assumption of risk” to deny injured victims compensation in instances like a Super Bowl half-time touch football game, jet skiing, snow skiing, and golfing. Surely these decisions saved insurance companies money, but it was the personal philosophy and […]
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First Meeting With Your Attorney
What do you do when you are involved in an automobile accident that is not your fault and the insurance company for the person who hit you is calling? You need an attorney. The insurance company for the guy who hit you is not calling to ask how much your check should be. The insurance […]
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Us vs. Them
As a Past-President of a local Chamber of Commerce, I often have heard employers say: “Employees want a paycheck but they don’t want to work. Injured workers abuse the system as much as they can, taking advantage of loopholes to get Workers’ Comp benefits. The California Workers’ Compensation system is skewed too far in favor […]
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Bicycle Rider Faces Lies, Incompetence, and Bias
The 51-year old warehouse employee was riding his bicycle home from work on a sunlit summer afternoon when he was run over by a pickup truck that ran a red traffic light. The 51 year-old worker was riding his trusty old Raleigh three-speed in a cross-walk on a green light, as he did five […]
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My Workers’ Compensation Adjuster Requested A QME – What Does That Mean?
QUALIFIED MEDICAL EVALUATOR: Often a workers’ compensation adjuster will request a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) to provide a final expert medical report. A QME is supposed to be unbiased. We always recommend an injured worker seek legal counsel before getting involved in the QME process as some medical reports do not feel unbiased for the […]
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There It Is Again: Well-Meaning Doctors Hurt Patients
There it is again: “12 year-old female seen in clinic today. …On freeway going 45-50 mph when struck from behind….No airbags deployed and no windows broken. Pt (patient) felt her head thrown forward and backward bouncing off the headrest.” The Emergency Department chart goes on to say patient felt headache, nausea, pain in neck, shoulders […]
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Workers’ Compensation: Medical Treatment Denied!
Workers’ comp patients are entitled to medical treatment for their on the job injuries according to the California State Constitution and Labor Code. But why are Injured Workers treated like second class citizens when it comes to getting medical treatment that their doctors recommend? Legislative changes in 2012 (SB 863) took away Injured Workers’ rights […]
