Chula Vista California Workers' Compensation Law Blog

The economic consequences of a car accident can ruin the financial stability of any victims. Fortunately, if the negligence of another party caused a crash, the California civil justice system allows crash victims to file personal injury claims for damage recovery against the party considered at-fault. However, the resulting financial costs can include a variety of expenses along with the medical costs for the treatment of actual injuries.

Along with doctors' bills will come the costs of ambulance transport, imaging scans, medical tests, hospitalization and more. Depending on the severity of the injuries, the costs of follow-up appointments for treatment and therapy can be high. Damage to the vehicle and other personal property can be significant, and this might lead to increased insurance premiums.

Slipping on banana peels does not only happen in cartoons. Many people in San Diego County and across Southern California have had to deal with the consequences of falls caused by slips or trips on public or commercial properties. Some believe that only falls from significant heights could cause serious injuries, but the number of personal injury claims filed proves different. The reality is that even a slip on a banana peel or a trip caused by a damaged carpet can cause severe physical damage like traumatic brain injuries or damage to the spinal cord.

Safety hazards indoors could include wet or greasy floors, loose or damaged carpeting or other floor coverings, and dropped produce in the fresh fruit and vegetable area of a grocery store. Debris or randomly placed or dropped objects pose trip hazards indoors, along with extension cords snaking across walkways. Highly polished floors are equally dangerous.

California workers should not be in pain when they clock in, but this is reality for many people. Job duties and workplace accidents cause much of this daily pain. Like other people in California, you are a hard worker and want to do your best to keep going, but this can make an already bad situation so much worse. Instead, you might be able to access workers' compensation benefits while you recover.

Workers' compensation benefits are for more than just traumatic injuries that land people in the hospital for weeks on end. In fact, musculoskeletal disorders are the most common types of workplace injuries. Although you can develop a MSD in a serious accident, you are probably more likely to develop one just by carrying out your regular work duties.

Yosemite National Park in Central California is known for its magnificent waterfalls, but almost 200 recent visitors to the park will remember it for another reason. Many employees and visitors who spent time in the park in early January suffered personal injury when they contracted a gastrointestinal illness. Park officials say most of the victims reported symptoms suggesting norovirus, and some of those who became ill were diagnosed with the virus.

Investigations to identify the source of this highly infectious virus is ongoing. Norovirus can spread rapidly in various ways. Consuming food or beverages prepared by an infected person is one way of spreading the virus, but touching contaminated surfaces or direct contact with someone who is already infected can also cause infection. The symptoms typically appear 12 to 48 hours after the victim was exposed.