# Workers Compensation Lawyer | Employee Work Injury > To simply speak to an Orange County workers compensation lawyer call (619) 320-3000 opposed to trying to figure out on your own which workers compensation Source: https://sandiegoemployeelawyer.com/workers-compensation/ Firm: Employment Lawyers Group — employee-side employment lawyers since 1993. Serving San Diego County, California. Phone: (619) 320-3000 (calling is the fastest way to reach the legal team) Office: 330 “A” St, #60, San Diego, CA 92101 Contact form: https://sandiegoemployeelawyer.com/contact/ Consultations are free and confidential; cases are taken on contingency. --- California workers compensation is a no fault system which means the employer is responsible for medical treatment, temporary disability compensation, and total disability payments. Employer may also be liable for additional damages if they retaliate against employees for filing workers compensation claims, or removed safety devices and/or locked out tagged out machines are the cause of the work injury. The legal fee in workers compensation casers must be approved by the workers compenstion appeals board, and is a very low percent compared to the contingency fee required to hire a lawyer for a personal injury or wrongful termination case. **CALL (619) 320-3000 TO GET AN EXPERIENCED WORK INJURY LAWYER** Workers who are still employed at the job can file workers compensation claims. Even if you already filed a claim, or your employer did you can still hire an attorney. Without a workers compensation lawyer, it is very unlikely you will receive proper compensation for life changing injuries, or even temporary work injuries. Without a lawyer, it is also likely the case will never end and will take considerably longer than if an attorney is involved. The workers compensation system is complex. Certain injuries are worth certain amounts of money. Disability ratings are either agreed upon, or the subject of agreed medical examinations (AMEs) or qualified medical examinations (QMEs). Without lawyers, employee often agree to the wrong disability rating for the wrong parts of the body. They also do not have any idea which doctors are fair and the proper experts in certain conditions if there is an agreed medical examination. In addition, in some cases it may be better to agree to the doctor for the medical examination while other times it is not or the only doctor the employer will agree to is not favorable which is not something the employee would know. Your body matters, do not try to handle your work injuries on your own. (619) 320-3000 to start your workers compensation case the right way. Some work injuries are very serious and require surgery. 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For employees with short term injuries that may last less than 12 weeks and be eligible for FMLA leave, the focus should be on wrongful termination if the employer refuses to reinstate the employee after a short period of disability leave. ### **FILLING OUT THE DWC-1 WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM FORM** Although employees are encouraged to report their injuries, and fill out a DWC-1 form to put their employer on notice of their claim, start the process, or otherwise comply with reasonable employer policies, there is risk in the form being filled out wrong by the employee, If an employee fills out a DWC-1 form without an attorney, wrong, or inconsistent information may cause problems later. Employees should not exaggerate their injuries and the parts of their bodies affected, nor should they minimize things and not claim pain a body part they believe has been affected by the work injury. Incorrect and inconsistent dates of the accident. Some defenses of workers compensation claims center around whether the medical problem was caused by work, or an accident elsewhere.***In a perfect world, employees should keep our phone number on them in the event they suffer a work injury so we can be there with you from the start and fill out your DWC-1 form, or at least see what you wrote before you submit it. (619) 320-3000*** It is important that an experienced work injury lawyer be in the loop as soon as possible. Besides the initial claim form, issues often come up with the medical treatment the employer is willing to provide. Employees need to understand that it is in the employer's interest to send employees to clinics aimed at claiming there the employee does not have a medical problem and can work. The level of license and speciality usually never exists at these clinics. 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