Coverage Issues
Coverage issues can arise in a variety of ways. Among the most common situations in which coverage issues occur are when a carrier refuses liability because they believe the employee’s injury took place off of covered property (i.e., away from the worksite), and when multiple insurance carriers are involved and there is an issue determining which carrier is liable for coverage. In these situations, the carrier(s) and the employer may opt to go to arbitration to settle the dispute without escalating the matter to the courtroom.
How Arbitration Differs From Trial
Arbitration is a means of settling legal matters outside of the courtroom and without going to trial. While trials involve juries and/or judges making final decisions for the conflicting parties, the process of arbitration does not involve a judge, but rather, uses an arbiter. The arbiter offers advice to each party involved in the legal dispute and suggests a path forward. This may involve negotiations and a compromise or settlement between the involved parties (i.e., the insurance carrier and the employer). This can be beneficial when the parties want to reach a resolution to their dispute without having to deal with the time and costs of going to court over a coverage issue.
We Offer Workers’ Compensation Defense
Arbitration is only one of the legal services that our firm provides to its clients. We specialize in handling legal matters pertaining to workers’ compensation coverage issues and arbitration, including:
- Defense of uninsured and self-insured employers
- Advice from counsel to minimize risk
- Workers’ compensation fraud cases
- Workers’ compensation discrimination cases
Contact us for a case evaluation if you have any questions about how a workers’ compensation defense attorney can aid you and your business.
Santa Ana Workers’ Compensation Arbitration
Sacks Law Group, APC’s employer defense team, can assist you if you deal with a workers’ compensation issue during arbitration. We can negotiate with insurance carriers on behalf of your business and help you achieve a swift and satisfactory resolution. We wrote the book on workers’ compensation defense, and we can use our knowledge and experience to help you, both in arbitration and at trial; contact us today for a consultation if you are experiencing issues with coverage.
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Providing comprehensive workers’ compensation defense to insured and self-insured Employers.
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The workers’ compensation defense attorneys at our firm know how to build a strong wall of defense around employers, protecting California employers from frivolous and fraudulent workers’ compensation claims. Sacks Law Group, APC, is skilled at working with in-state and out-of-state employers on all workers’ compensation defense issues, particularly in the areas of:
Prior to any alleged injury or accident, we also counsel employers on ways to stay compliant with the ever-evolving California workers’ compensation laws. California employers benefit from our extensive experience and strong credentials when dealing with employee workers’ compensation fraud, as well as allegations of employer workers’ compensation fraud.