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After an on-the-job injury, you may feel overwhelmed with all of the forms and employee benefits information. Even the best human resources department may not be able to help you fully understand everything. One of the questions many employees have after an accident is about the difference between temporary disability and workers’ compensation. Workers’ Compensation…

Filing a claim for insurance often brings up questions about taxes and personal responsibility for benefits. Luckily, workers’ compensation is an employee benefit not normally considered part of your taxable income. If you received benefits under a California workers’ compensation act or a federal policy for an illness or injury incurred on the job or…

Isaac Torres and his family lost their home in foreclosure in 2008. They moved into a nearby apartment building in order to begin their new lives. In January of 2010, Mr. Torres slipped and fell down the stairs at the rear of the building. Like many slip and fall injury cases, he sustained back injuries…

Isaac Torres y su familia perdieron su casa en un embargo en 2008. Se movieron a un edificio de apartamentos en las cercanías a fin de comenzar sus nuevas vidas. En Enero de 2010, El Sr. Torres se resbaló y cayó en las escaleras en la parte de atrás del edificio. El sufrió lesiones en…

The American legal system is widely referred as one of the best in the world. While it is far from perfect and examples of injustice such as wrongful convictions are revealed in the headlines of newspapers almost daily, victims here even have the right to sue the government. And, more importantly, they can and do…

El sistema legal Americano es ampliamente referido como uno de los mejores en el mundo. A pesar de estar distante de ser perfecto y que en los encabezados de los periódicos casi a diario se revelan ejemplos de injusticias tales como condenas equivocadas, las víctimas aquí aun tienen el derecho a demandar al gobierno. Y,…