Workers’ Compensation Representation

A workplace injury can affect your health, income, job, and future. Spatafore & Grant represents injured workers in California workers’ compensation matters and helps clients understand their rights, benefits, and options throughout the claims process.

We assist with matters including:

• Filing and developing workers’ compensation claims
• Denied or delayed claims
• Medical treatment disputes
• Temporary and permanent disability benefits
• Medical-legal evaluations, including QME and AME examinations
• Depositions, hearings, and proceedings before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
• Return-to-work issues and supplemental job displacement benefits
• Settlement options, including future medical care
• Enforcement of awards and settlements

Medical Treatment and Disability Benefits

We help clients address delays or disputes involving medical treatment, disability payments, permanent disability, and the medical evidence needed to support their claims.

Return-to-Work and Job Displacement Issues

When an injury affects a client’s ability to return to their usual job, we help evaluate work restrictions, modified or alternative work, and available supplemental job displacement benefits.

Settlement and Future Medical Care

We advise clients about settlement options, including the value of future medical care, the differences between settlement structures, and the practical consequences of resolving a claim.

Serious and Complex Claims

The firm also handles serious and complex workers’ compensation matters, including cases involving significant permanent disability, multiple injuries, disputed medical evidence, and complicated legal or vocational issues.

Every case is different. We provide straightforward advice about the strengths, limitations, and realistic options in each claim.