A job injury in San Jose can leave you juggling medical visits, lost hours and a workers' comp file all at once. We can tell you whether a third party also owes you something.
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Claim it before someone else doesWork in San Jose takes many shapes. Some people spend the day on a jobsite off Monterey Road, others drive deliveries along US-101 and I-280, and plenty sit at a desk in a north San Jose office park. An injury can happen in any of those settings, and when it does, the first system most workers encounter is California workers' compensation. That coverage pays medical care and partial wages no matter who was at fault, and in most cases it is the only claim you can bring against your employer. It is not always the whole picture, though. If someone outside your company caused the harm—a subcontractor on the same site, the owner of the building where you were working, the company that built a faulty machine, or another driver on the road while you were on the clock—California allows a separate injury claim against that third party. Sorting out which path applies, or whether both do, is something our team can help you answer.
Workers' comp is usually your only remedy against your employer, but a negligent subcontractor, property owner, equipment maker or driver can be held responsible separately. Our team looks for that second path.
California expects you to report a work injury to your employer within 30 days, and a third-party injury claim generally must be filed within two years. Getting started early keeps both clocks in view.
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