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The applicant filed a specific injury claim on 10/15/18 to the right leg, knee, ankle and foot, that was initially accepted and referred for defense litigation assistance.  Through the initial discovery process it was learned that the claim was likely fabricated,... Read More →

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... Read More →

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... Read More →

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... Read More →

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... Read More →

The California Governor signed Senate Bill 1159 into law, effective September 17, 2020, and the corresponding legislation intended to provide structure for the handling of an anticipated multitude of alleged industrial COVID-19 claims. The Bill introduced three rebuttable... Read More →

Attempting to prevail on a jurisdictional challenge is never easy and is especially difficult when the employer raising the defense is a CA club. The fact a trial judge issued a take nothing finding in favor of the San Francisco Giants based on the jurisdictional defense raised... Read More →

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... Read More →

The above case was referred to Christian Colantoni at our firm in November of 2017 at which time it was already set for Expedited Trial on the issue of temporary disability. At the time, the matter involved an accepted specific injury. The Application for Adjudication of Claim... Read More →

The Applicant in this matter was a warehouse employee at a large retailer who claimed a cumulative trauma injury to her bilateral lower extremities as a result of her work at the Employer. The claim was initially accepted as the Applicant did have medical evidence supporting... Read More →