workers' compensation

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Jimenez opened a family law practice in Palmdale more than two decades ago, handling divorce, custody, spousal and child support, workers’ compensation, personal injury and other civil matters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Keenan argued that workers’ compensation law, which bars employee lawsuits over work-related injuries, also prohibited the child’s claims, because a fetus in an employee’s womb was effectively an employee herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

During the pandemic, Montoya used a workers’ compensation settlement from a prior work injury to take time off and study for his commercial driver’s license.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

For example, in the civilian context, when construction workers fall off scaffolds and can’t walk until receiving surgery and physical therapy, their employers have to provide them workers’ compensation.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

A former Westminster police officer is accused of faking an injury and fraudulently claiming $600,000 in workers’ compensation while she was partying at Stagecoach, visiting Disneyland and skiing at Mammoth Mountain, officials say.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2025