Applicant filed four separate dates of injury against the employer. Chaundra Vidakovich took the cases to trial and secured FOUR take nothing Awards. To view a copy of the Findings, please click here.

The applicant filed a cumulative trauma claim alleging back and hip injuries from September 17, 2017 through September 17, 2018. The claim was denied due to a lack of medical and factual evidence. After securing a favorable Qualified Medical Evaluator in our preferred medical specialty of MOS Orthopedic Surgery, Applicant’s counsel tried on numerous occasions...

The applicant filed a cumulative trauma claim for the period June 1, 2020 through July 18, 2021 to her neck, back, shoulders, feet and knees.  Defendants timely denied the claim based on lack of substantial medical reporting.  Defense counsel pressed the matter to trial and secured a take nothing award from Judge Halprin in Santa...

The applicant suffered an accepted specific injury claim based on the laceration.  Applicant hired an attorney to pursue litigation.  The client had engaged our office to either resolve the case for a nominal sum or push forward with discovery to resolve all outstanding issues. In the process of litigating the claim, the applicant failed to...

In this case handled by Melissa Duchene, applicant had a minor knee bump and then over a week later became paralyzed.  The applicant’s attorney initially filed a specific injury on the knee trying to raise the paralysis as a compensable consequence.  They subsequently also filed a CT trying to find a way to have the...

This case involved an accepted date of injury.  The PQME provided a report finding 0% whole person impairment. Thereafter, applicant’s attorney obtained a PTP report finding applicant to have 8% whole person impairment for the cervical spine and 7% whole person impairment for the lumbar spine. The matter proceeding to Trial, which included testimony from...

The applicant in this matter was a Minor League baseball player who played exclusively for out-of-state minor league affiliates of the California-based MLB baseball club, San Francisco Giants. This matter proceeded to trial on the bifurcated issue of whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board had subject matter jurisdiction over Applicant’s cumulative trauma injuries alleged against...

Case involved a 10/13/15 denied specific injury to the applicant’s back. The claim was originally denied based on no substantial medical or factual evidence to support a work related injury as well as pursuant to LC3600(a)(10) – post termination basis. During the applicant’s deposition he adamantly testified that he injured his back lifting a box...