San Bernardino Workers’ Compensation Lawyers

For over three decades the San Bernardino workers’ compensation injury attorneys at the firm of DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo have worked diligently to maximize the complete scope of workers' compensation benefits for people who have been injured while working or at the job site. If you have been injured at work, we can help.

Workers’ Compensation

Before we move into what our firm can do for you and your workers’ compensation claim, let us define what qualifies for it in general. Workers’ compensation injuries encompass any harm or injury suffered by an employee while within the scope of their employment. To a degree, there are two types of injuries: Sudden injuries that happen on-the-job due to a particular occurrence and work injuries that develop over time due to repetitive physical stress, such as leg problems or carpal tunnel syndrome. Workplace injuries also encompass work-related illnesses such as hypertension, heart disease, stress, trouble breathing or exposure to toxic vapors or toxic chemicals.

We Can Handle Your Case

You are in pain from a long developing work injury or a sudden injury. We want to guide you through the complicated legal process. Our help and care for you will allow you the time and focus to recuperate from your injury. Whether you have suffered a work injury, arm injury, head injury, amputation, spinal cord injury, eye injury, brain injury, burn injury, leg injury, foot injury, hand injury, or any other serious or catastrophic injury from an event at the office, factory, assembly line, construction site or in a vehicle or auto accident, allow the San Bernardino Work Injury Attorneys to put you at ease knowing that you, your medical care and your legal compensation under the law are going to be well taken care of.

A Client Needs 4 Things

Comprehensive guidance for immediate and competent medical treatment;
A knowledgeable team of advocates to be there with you who can maximize the benefits you’re entitled to;
An attorney who will take this chaotic event and make it an empowering and successful experience so you can heal, recover and get back to your life; and
An experienced San Bernardino California Workers Compensation Attorney at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo to study your injury case for the potential of Third-Party civil claims to increase the scope of your claim and your potential recovery.

In California: Insurance is Required

California Workers’ Compensation Law requires each and every employer to carry Workers' Compensation insurance for their employees. This includes even a small four person company. If they are able and can prove it, they can also qualify for self-insurance to cover their work-related injuries. Either way, you as an employee are protected. Coverage for injured employees under the Workers’ Compensation insurance or self-insurance will provide benefits for:

Reimbursement of your related medical expenses;
Disability payments to you during recovery; and
Compensation for any permanent disability or injury that you have developed or had happen to you while on the job.

Why Hire Our Firm?

We have been helping people recover from work injuries and become whole again since 1979.

From our experience, even though employers are required by California’s employment law to carry full workers’ compensation insurance, it usually is never easy to get your full and fair recovery. Determining your eligibility and the value of the compensation you are entitled to receive creates complex legal issues and “grey areas.” Naturally, your employer's workers’ compensation insurance company’s objective is to minimize the amount of compensation it pays to injured workers and the length of time they have to do it for. They use the complexity of the system to help them decrease their payout packages.

This is partially because with long developing work injuries or sudden work injury events, it is not always easy to determine which parties are to blame and for what share of that blame. Getting the full and fair compensation you deserve usually requires the assistance of an experienced workers' compensation lawyer. Our ongoing job is to keep up with the changing laws, know the applicable codes and know how the insurance companies try to get around the law.

We Can Help You Today

Conduct an initial claim value assessment
With the mutual goal of you reaching MMI (Maximum Medical Improvement), we work to ensure you receive comprehensive, immediate and competent medical treatment
We protect your legal rights because your employer cannot fire or penalize you for filing a workers’ compensation claim
We protect your income because if you are not able to work then your employer must pay disability
Maximize your State Disability Benefits (SDI) and Social Security Benefits

Maximize The Compensation

The San Bernardino California Workers' Compensation attorneys at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo can help you recover and get back to regular life. They will do everything they legally can for your recovery. That includes examining your case for other responsible parties in addition to your employer. When an injury has happened at work due to the negligence of a third party, you could be entitled to obtain compensation above that provided by the California workers' compensation laws. When a Third Party is involved, San Bernardino California Workers' Compensation attorneys at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo will file and represent you in both a worker's compensation claim and a civil legal cause of action against the additional Third Party (company or person). We file the two claims because there are many benefits for you that are explained on the Work Injury page.

Two Claims Go Farther

Situations that require simultaneously conducting a California workers’ compensation claim and a civil Third Party work injury claim are complex and delicate because the two claims are intertwined and parallel. A mistake in either of the two claims may cause your rights to compensation under both claims to become limited. San Bernardino California Workers' Compensation lawyers at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo have been handling these dual workers’ comp and civil work injury claims since 1979.

Contact Us - Free Case Consultation

We are sure you have a lot of questions, concerns and items to discuss. For no cost to you we will give you an initial case evaluation. We want to be there for you all the way. You will meet with a lawyer who will listen to you and answer your questions. Until we do our job and win your case, you will not be charged any legal fees or costs for our time and assistance. If we do not win your case, you will not owe anything. We are ready and available to meet at our office, your home or hospital room Monday – Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm. Our attorneys are also available to meet with you in the evening or on the weekends by appointment. If you cannot make it to our office we will come to you. You can call us seven days a week at (909) 436-4610.