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CA Workers’ Comp Increase

California Workers’ Compensation Temporary Total Disability Benefits Are Being Increased For Injured Workers In 2025 Starting January 1, 2025, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will raised the minimum temporary total disability (TTD) rate from $242.86 to $252.03 and the maximum from $1,619.15 to $1,680.29 per week. These changes align with a 3.78% increase [Read more]

CA Workers’ Comp Increase2025-02-05T16:23:20-08:00

CA Senate Bill 1159

The California State Legislature Passes Senate Bill 1159 Establishing A Rebuttable Presumption That Helps Workers Injured by COVID-19 Obtain Workers’ Compensation Benefits On 8/31/20, the last day of California’s 2020 legislative session, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 1159 (SB 1159). This bill, which was passed as an urgent statute to address the COVID-19 [Read more]

CA Senate Bill 11592020-11-13T02:42:10-08:00

Expanded CA Workers’ Comp Benefits / COVID-19

Governor Gavin Newsom Issues Emergency Exec. Order Expanding Workers’ Compensation Benefits For COVID-19 On 5/6/20, California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, signed emergency Executive Order N-62-20 expanding the protections for essential workers that contract COVID-19 during the stay at home order.[1] Ford & Wallach applauds Governor Newsom for protecting workers and expediting California Workers’ Compensation benefits [Read more]

Expanded CA Workers’ Comp Benefits / COVID-192020-11-13T00:58:08-08:00

Workers’ Memorial Day

Honoring The Fallen And Fighting For The Living Workers’ Memorial Day 4/28/20 April 28, 2020 marks the annual international Workers’ Memorial Day where we honor all workers that suffered loss of life, injury, disability, or illness due to their job. We join in the solemnity of this day of remembrance to commemorate our fallen workers. The significance [Read more]

Workers’ Memorial Day2020-11-13T02:05:47-08:00

COVID-19 and California Workers’ Compensation

Contract COVID-19 On The Job, And You May Be Entitled To California Workers’ Compensation Benefits The coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic is a challenging crisis. Our thoughts are with all of the frontline workers, laid off or furloughed workers, and their families. Throughout these difficult circumstances, we remain committed to helping ALL workers obtain the best [Read more]

COVID-19 and California Workers’ Compensation2020-11-13T02:14:40-08:00

2018 SuperLawyers Honors

Ford Wallach is proud to announce that Partner, Cheryl Wallach is among the elite list of 2018 SuperLawyers® Top Women Lawyers in workers' compensation law in Southern California.    

2018 SuperLawyers Honors2020-11-13T02:26:23-08:00

Election Day 2018

Ford & Wallach: Geared Up For Election Day 2018 Since 1953, Ford & Wallach, has committed itself to educating and empowering voters and electing pro-labor union candidates. In addition, to representing our clients with the highest levels of advocacy at the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Court (“WCAB”) and in other proceedings for California [Read more]

Election Day 20182020-11-13T02:56:33-08:00

Settling Your Case By Compromise And Release

In our last post, we offered advantages and disadvantages to a type of workers' compensation settlement known as Stipulations With Request for Award (if you missed that post, you can find it here). In this, our second post about the types of California workers' comp settlements, we will give you a basic primer about [Read more]

Settling Your Case By Compromise And Release2020-11-13T03:08:56-08:00

SB 899 and SB 863 Workers’ Compensation Reform

Download the below document for important changes that you need to know regarding SB 899 and the new SB 863 workers' compensation reform. The workers' compensation law is full of pitfalls and traps for the unknowledgeable worker. Miss a deadline and your claim may be over. Before you are injured, know your rights!!! Downloadable [Read more]

SB 899 and SB 863 Workers’ Compensation Reform2020-11-13T20:48:39-08:00

Workers’ Comp: Settle, Or Go To Trial?

Should I settle, or go to Trial? This is one of the most frequent questions in a workers’ compensation case. The truth is, there is no one-fits-all answer. It depends both on the specific circumstances, and goals in the case. Your attorneys do not know the final value of the workers’ comp case until they have final medical reports from [Read more]

Workers’ Comp: Settle, Or Go To Trial?2020-11-13T20:55:07-08:00

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