Results

Christine Elliott Wins Voluntary Dismissal of COVID Workers’ Compensation Claim Before Trial

Christine Elliott was able to secure the voluntary dismissal of a COVID claim after aggressively pushing the matter to Trial. The COVID allegations did not qualify for any statutory presumptions, and the case was denied based on lack of evidence that applicant contracted COVID at work.

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Jesse Peck Secures Noteworthy Victory in Decision on Reconsideration in Retroactive Temporary Total Disability Workers’ Compensation Case

Jesse Peck of SRTK’S Orange Office recently achieved an excellent result on a retro TTD issue for our client via Reconsideration. In fact, the Decision on Reconsideration was designated as a “Noteworthy Panel Decision”

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Martin Vardanyan Wins at Trial in Workers’ Comp Case Involving Retroactive TD

The case involved a 57 year old caregiver who sustained an admitted orthopedic injury. After a two-day trial, Martin was able to prove to the satisfaction of the court that the work restrictions were offered and accepted those same restrictions for the compensable industrial body parts.

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Kathleen Roberts Earns Take Nothing In Workers’ Compensation Claim Past The Statute Of Limitations

Kathleen Roberts of SRTK’s San Jose office recently secured a big win, earning a “take nothing” in a case where the Applicant had an admitted knee injury and was given surgery. The Applicant Attorney didn’t like the QME’s rating, and decided to file a second date of injury which would have allowed him to get a new panel.

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Kathleen Roberts Earns Take Nothing In Grocery Worker Case Claiming Vacation Injury As Work-Related

Kathleen Roberts recently earned a take nothing in a grocery worker case.

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Joanne Thomas Successfully Defends Case Resulting in 18 Felony Workers’ Compensation Fraud and Perjury Charges

Joanne Thomas recently defended a workers’ comp case in which her skillful approach to deposition questioning led to the District Attorney filing 18 felony charges including Perjury Under Oath and False or Fraudulent Statements. From the outset, Joanne’s crafted a strategy to leverage investigative methods and careful questioning to achieve the best result for the client.

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Chris Lee Earns Take Nothing In Case For Children’s Hospital

Chris Lee, of SRTK’s Novato office, recently obtained a huge take nothing decision on all issues in a case for SRTK client Children’s Hospital.

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Jesse Peck Wins At Trial With Findings & Award Under Life Pension Threshold

Jesse Peck, Senior Managing Attorney of SRTK’s Orange office recently won at trial, securing a very positive outcome for our client in a case involving multiple claims that could have resulted in a combined rating and Life Pension benefits.

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Kathleen Roberts Earns Take Nothing In Elevator Scuffle Workers’ Comp Claim Case

Kathleen Roberts, Managing Shareholder of SRTK’s San Jose office, recently won big for a client, earning a Take Nothing in a case where an employee got into an altercation with a supervisor, and claimed an injury when the scuffle moved to the elevator. The claim was denied based upon the initial aggressor affirmative defense under LC3600(a)(7).

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Paul Zayat Secures Order Dismissing Claim in Ankle Injury Case

Paul was referred the file and immediately began aggressive discovery tactics including subpoenaing all relevant medical, scheduling the applicant’s deposition and quick and aggressive contact with applicant’s counsel questioning the validity of the claim in light of the medical records received thus far.

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Tim Kinsey Defeats Industrial Disability Retirement Claim

Tim Kinsey successfully defeated Applicant’s claim for a CalPERS Industrial Disability Retirement, saving the City of Anaheim over $1,000,000. The JAMS Judge concluded that because Applicant resigned before participating in Anaheim’s Mandatory Permanent Modified Duty program, he precluded the City’s ability to explore modified positions and therefore denied Applicant’s request for an Industrial Disability Retirement.

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Paul Zayat Obtains Order of Dismissal in Disputed Lung Cancer Case

Congratulations to Paul Zayat of the El Segundo office on obtaining an order of dismissal on a disputed lung cancer case! Ultimately the applicant relented and dismissed her case. At issue, should the PTP report have prevailed at trial, was 2 years of TTD, medical care, permanent disability and future medical care related to lung cancer.

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Yan Falkinstein Earns a Take Nothing After Vigorous Cross-Examination

Congratulations to Yan Falkinstein of our San Fernando Valley office on a hard-earned Take Nothing! Ultimately Yan was able to prove to the satisfaction of the court that the filing was based upon clerical error of the PTP’s office and there was no factual or medical evidence to support the allegation, but in the alternative the Statute of Limitations would apply.

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Kimetra Newton secures win on excessive copy service fees.

Congratulations to Kimetra Newton, who scored a big win for our client, saving a large amount of money on excessive copy service fees! Kimetra was quickly recognized by our client and her colleagues for this amazing result.

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Kathleen Roberts Earns a Take Nothing

Kathleen Roberts, Shareholder of our San Jose office, recently earned a take nothing on an unusual pro per case involving a chemical exposure claim. The WCJ found no injury. Blood tests from a local hospital had shown an abnormality in the lungs and internal organs, and if the WCJ had found injury, the costs could have been enormous. Way to go, Kathleen!

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Amir Khorsand of El Segundo Earns Rare Win

Congratulations to Amir Khorsand of our El Segundo office for demonstrating superb lawyering in his recent Declaration of Readiness (DOR) win on behalf of a client.

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Tate Bejanyan of Woodland Hills Earns a Take Nothing

Tate Bejanyan of our Woodland Hills office obtained a finding of non-compensability on a death claim following several days of trial.

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Jozef Finneran of San Fernando Valley/Central Coast Earns a Take Nothing

Jozef Finneran, of our San Fernando Valley/Central Coast office, recently earned a take nothing in a case involving a lien claimant.

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Jesse Peck of Orange County Earns a Take Nothing

Jesse Peck, of our Orange County office, recently earned a take nothing in a case involving two separate cumulative trauma claims.

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Trisha Toyne of San Diego Earns a Take Nothing

Trisha Toyne, of our San Diego office, recently earned a take nothing on a cumulative trauma claim.

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Eric Barr of Inland Empire Earns a Take Nothing

Eric Barr, of our Inland Empire office, recently earned a take nothing on a diabetes claim.

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Elsen Cheng’s 132a Case Named a Noteworthy Panel Decision

A case that Elsen Cheng, of SRTK’s Orange County office, defended was recently deemed a noteworthy panel decision by LexisNexus. Elsen received a take nothing on the hotly contested 132a claim in Espinoza v. Avis Rent A Car, 2017 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 309.

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Joanne Thomas Gets Lien Disallowed in its Entirety

A lien claimant filed a lien in the amount of $21,850.30. SRTK President and CEO Joanne Thomas argued several points, and the court ultimately disallowed the entire lien.

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Kathleen Roberts of San Jose Obtains a Take Nothing

After a full day of trial, Managing Shareholder of our San Jose office, Kathleen Roberts, secured a take nothing for tortilla manufacturer Mi Rancho in Hayward.

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Nadia Imtanes of Orange County Obtains a Take Nothing

Congratulations to Nadia Imtanes who recently obtained a Take Nothing on behalf of our client.

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Congratulations to Nedda Safi of Our Inland Empire Office

Congratulations to Nedda Safi in our Inland Empire Office, who secured a Dismissal of Claim for failure to prosecute, saving our client lots of money on potential benefits and treatment.

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Congratulations to Vahe Tchoukadarian of Our Inland Empire Office

Congratulations to Vahe Tchoukadarian in our Inland Empire Office for securing dismissals of two claimed injuries, saving our client from exposure to a large amount of benefits and expenses.

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Kathleen Roberts of San Jose Receives a Take Nothing Further

In the case of Angela Lua v. Mainstay in Santa Cruz County, Kathleen Roberts (San Jose office) secured an award at the Salinas WCAB that Ms. Lua take nothing further on her claim.

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Congratulations to Cathy Chang of Our Inland Empire Office

Congratulations to Cathy Chang of our Inland Empire office, who prevailed after an Expedited Hearing by convincing the judge that, had the worker not been terminated for good cause, modified duty would have been available, saving our client up to 104 weeks of benefits.

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Congratulations to Jeff Suggs of Our Fresno Office

Congratulations to Jeff Suggs of our Fresno office who prevented, not only a 100% finding of PD, but also a life pension finding, showing a WCJ where apportionment was proper through testimony and great direction in the medical reports.

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Elsen Cheng of Orange County Recently Obtained A Take Nothing

Elsen Cheng, of SRTK’s Orange County office, recently received a take nothing on a hotly contested 132a claim.

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Congratulations Kimberlyn Bulkat

Kimberlyn Bulkat, of SRTK’s San Diego office, successfully prevented the expense and risk of an applicant receiving a commutation of benefits for personal expenses, including a new roof, mortgage payments, and other debts.

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Tim Kinsey’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case Result

Tim Kinsey’s efforts in defending a workers’ compensation fraud case result in a guilty plea and jail time.

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