Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense

California Workers Compensation Defense Lawyer< - Don Featherstone, P.L.C.

Representing Small and Large Businesses in All Employment Law Matters

Both self-insured employers and Workers’ Compensation insurance providers have a strong interest in making sure that Workers’ Comp payments are not excessive, or paid out without merit. Schedule an initial consultation with California workers compensation defense lawyer Don Featherstone to discuss particular insurance defense concerns.

The law offices of Don Featherstone, P.L.C., has many benefits to offer employers or insurers in need of Workers’ Compensation insurance defense. Attorney Don Featherstone was certified as an attorney with Workers’ Comp specialist status by the California State Bar, and worked for a number of years assisting Workers’ Compensation claimants. Today, the practice of Don Featherstone, P.L.C., is focused on preservation of viability of client businesses through skillful scrutiny and defense of workplace injury claims.

Approval of a Workers’ Compensation claim, as well as the specific amount granted, has the potential to expose employers to risk in other types of claims or lawsuits, as well. Therefore, a coordinated defense of a Workers’ Compensation claim together with defense of other types of claims such as OSHA violation citations offers a distinct value to employers.

By way of example, if an employee sues an employer for an unsafe workplace and prevails, damages for the unsafe workplace petition will equal one-half of the Workers’ Compensation payout. If OSHA cites an employer for a safety violation and loses, the elements of the OSHA citation may confirm the assertions of the unsafe workplace petition.

This example of the interconnectedness of Workers’ Compensation insurance defense, petitions for unsafe workplaces, and OSHA violation citations underscores the comprehensiveness of the law practice of Don Featherstone, P.L.C.

The law offices of Don Featherstone, P.L.C., is one of relatively few law firms which handle both Workers’ Compensation insurance defense and other areas of employer-side employment law – such as failure to accommodate disability claims, which may also be impacted by the outcome of a Workers’ Compensation claim.