Workers' Compensation

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Protecting Injured Workers in California

Located in Burbank, California, in the greater Los Angeles area, Kuznetsky Law Group represents injured employees throughout Southern California in securing the workers’ compensation benefits available to them under California law. The firm provides personalized service, ensuring every client understands their legal rights and options while advocating for the medical care, wage replacement benefits, and compensation they are entitled to.

Workplace Injuries and Conditions

Kuznetsky Law Group represents workers suffering from all types of work-related injuries, illnesses, and conditions, including:
  • Amputations: Partial or complete loss of fingers, hands, arms, legs, feet, or toes
  • Serious injuries: Severe burns, eye injuries including blindness, head injuries, brain injuries, and other catastrophic injuries and conditions
  • Musculoskeletal injuries: Broken bones, torn ligaments, spinal injuries
  • Repetitive motion injuries: Carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, overuse injuries
  • Occupational illnesses: Exposure to toxic chemicals, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases
  • Aggravation of pre-existing conditions


Industries Served

The firm represents employees across all industries, including:
  • Entertainment Industry: Film crews, production staff, stunt performers, venue workers
  • Construction & Trades: Electricians, carpenters, roofers, laborers
  • Warehouse & Manufacturing: Factory workers, shelf stockers, warehouse laborers, machine operators, forklift drivers
  • Healthcare & Nursing: Doctors, nurses, caregivers, medical assistants
  • Retail & Hospitality: Clerks, restaurant workers, hotel staff
  • Office & Professional Workers: Accountants, lawyers, corporate employees, telecommuters, remote workers
  • Undocumented Workers: Regardless of immigration status, injured workers have legal rights

Types of Workplace Accidents

The firm handles all types of workplace accidents, including:
  • Slips, trips, and falls
  • Motor vehicle accidents while on the job
  • Heavy lifting and overexertion injuries
  • Repetitive motion strain
  • Falls from heights (e.g., scaffolding, ladders, roofs)
  • Machinery and equipment accidents
  • Electrocution and exposure to hazardous substances
  • Construction site accidents
  • Assault-related workplace injuries
  • Fires, explosions, and chemical exposure

Navigating the Workers’ Compensation System

The California workers’ compensation system is complex and often overwhelming. Kuznetsky Law Group advocates for injured workers to secure medical treatment, temporary disability benefits, permanent disability benefits, and a Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits (SJDB) voucher if eligible. The firm is committed to handling all aspects of litigation, from challenging denied claims, negotiating fair settlements, and pursuing appeals when necessary.


Your Rights Matter—We’re Here to Help

Whether you are a full-time, part-time, seasonal, temporary, or remote worker, Kuznetsky Law Group is dedicated to protecting your rights and maximizing your benefits under California workers’ compensation laws.

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Firm’s clients and cases include the following:

  • A medical doctor at a Southern California hospital who was attacked by a psychiatric patient wielding a chair and tearing a meniscus in her knee. The firm negotiated a settlement which included funds for a surgery to repair her knee as well as a favorable settlement.
  • A worker at a major automobile company who had been on the job 40+ years and had sustained injuries to his neck, spine, and shoulders from repetitive functions, as well as anxiety and depression. Over four years of representation, he was able to obtain successful treatment for his condition and injuries as well as a settlement with built-in allowances for future medical care.
  • A construction worker at a major new construction site in Los Angeles who lost his left ring finger when heavy construction equipment fell on his hand at the work site. The individual needed multiple surgeries, including revision surgery. As part of the settlement, he obtained compensation for a prosthetic finger and a fair settlement including funds for future medical care and replacement prosthetics.
  • A 21-year old retail store clerk at a well-known fashion brand whose coworker blasted her in the ear with an air horn as a joke, causing permanent hearing damage in both ears. The firm was able to resolve the case which included a provision of lifetime evaluations with an audiologist, future hearing aid upgrades as technology improves, a lifetime supply of hearing aid batteries, and compensation for the hearing loss.
  • A hotel janitor who slipped and fell injuring her back while cleaning a room. The firm resolved case by obtaining a settlement that paid for her treatment and provided a fair settlement.
  • A production assistant on a network TV show who tripped on a tree root while setting up an outdoor shoot on a set before sunrise. The firm obtained surgery to repair his knee, lifetime future medical care, as well as compensation for his injury.

Workers’ Compensation & Employment Law Overlap

Many workers’ compensation claims involve employment law issues, such as employer misconduct or violations of workplace rights. While Kuznetsky Law Group focuses on workers’ compensation cases, we recognize that some claims may overlap with employment law matters. When necessary, we can refer clients to trusted employment law attorneys who handle cases involving:
  • Wage and hour violations: Unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, misclassification, meal and rest break violations
  • Workplace discrimination: Discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability (including a workers’ compensation injury), pregnancy, sexual orientation, or other protected categories
  • Retaliation and wrongful termination: Employer retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim or reporting workplace violations
  • Sexual harassment: Unwelcome advances, hostile work environment, quid pro quo harassment
If your workers’ compensation claim is connected to unfair workplace practices, we can guide you in the right direction with a quality referral to an experienced employment law attorney.