Working as a parking lot attendant in the Los Angeles area can be challenging. The climate is often too hot, wet, or humid to be ideal, and there is always the concern about unhappy customers or drivers who are bringing their road rage into your lot. Yet, most of the time, parking lot attendants go home after their shift with a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. However, when the day goes tragically wrong, it is essential to know that the DTLA Law team is here when you need the expertise and guidance of a seasoned parking lot attendant worker’s comp attorney in Los Angeles.

Of course, your priority after an injury at work is proper medical care. But once you have begun treatment, it is essential to learn about the benefits of worker’s comp to employees injured on the job. And how to take advantage of the many benefits that apply to you. One of the first is that California is a no-fault worker’s comp system. That means an injured worker cannot sue an employee in court for damages due to a work-related injury. However, it also relieves the injured worker from proving that the employer was at fault for the injury in order to claim worker’s comp benefits. Knowing that you will not be able to sue for civil damages makes your worker’s comp claim the only option to see financial compensation for treating your work-related injury and covering your lost wages.

In a perfect world, a parking lot attendant injured at work would never need to hire a worker’s comp attorney to assist with a claim. But we all know that the world we live in today is not perfect and can be far from it in many cases. So there are issues that can arise that are best left to the worker’s comp experts at DTLA Law to settle. Some of the challenges you might encounter include:

• Your employer refuses to acknowledge your injury claim and the worker’s comp processing. In this case, you are not able to get the medical care, reimbursement of lost wages, and other benefits that you are legally entitled to under worker’s comp.  
• Your employer refused to report the injury to worker’s comp. Even though employers pay for worker’s comp, the benefits that come to you are distributed via an insurance company. And for the process to begin, your employer must complete the necessary documentation to report the injury and start your claim process. Without the cooperation of your employer, you will not receive the benefits that are owed you by the worker’s comp program.
• In the case of a more severe injury, it is not uncommon for your employer to cover the medical bills associated with the injury but refuse to process the documentation needed for you to receive disability benefits to cover your lost wages and living expenses.
• When you report your injury to your employers, they terminate your employment rather than processing the worker’s comp claim.
• Any time you are experiencing unnecessary challenges working with your employer or medical professionals to get the treatment and benefits you deserve as a result of your work-related injury.
• Your employer is unwilling to allow you to follow the work restrictions outlined by your medical professional. Some examples include conditions like no heavy lifting, no standing for long periods, or other tasks that could compromise your health further as you work on healing and recovering from your workplace injury.

All of these issues can lead to permanent physical damage from untreated or improperly treated work-related injuries. In addition, the lack of benefits can result in excessive financial hardship for you and your family. So rather than tolerate these actions from your employer and suffer further financial difficulties, contact the worker’s comp legal professionals at DTLA Law to work on your behalf to secure the benefits and compensation you deserve as a parking lot attendant injured at work.