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Labor/Employment,
Administrative/Regulatory

Oct. 16, 2018

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Without careful planning, a relatively straightforward claim for workers compensation benefits could turn into a huge legal financial burden for the employer.

Anthony K. McClaren

Perleberg McClaren LLP

Phone: (323) 741-6500

Email: Akm@telikoslaw.com

Anthony McClaren is the head of the firm's labor and employment practice. His areas of practice include litigation and resolution of business and employment issues impacting various industries such as transportation, restaurant and health care.

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In the ever-moving legal practice of workers' compensation and benefits recovery, the mantra is often to recover as much as possible while putting in as little work as possible. The trade-off for the employer in maintaining workers' compensation coverage and resolving claims expeditiously (through the insurance carrier) is that attorney fees and "damages" are often low, as compared to unlimited civil claims. In this way, a compromise on an uncontestable claim (which i...

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