# Silicon Valley Work Injury Lawyers Hurt on Jobs Get Paid > Hurt on the job in Silicon Valley? Our workers' compensation attorneys fight denied claims and retaliation after a work injury. Reach out today. Source: https://sivalleylaborlawyer.com/work-injury/ Firm: Employment Lawyers Group — employee-side employment lawyers since 1993. Serving Santa Clara County, California. Phone: (877) 525-0700 (calling is the fastest way to reach the legal team) Office: 111 N. Market St, #300, San Jose, CA 95113 Contact form: https://sivalleylaborlawyer.com/contact/ Consultations are free and confidential; cases are taken on contingency. --- Some [workers compensation](https://joblawyer.net/workers-compensation/) claims, especially relatively clear-cut claims requiring compensation for a few weeks or less, proceed without a hitch, and there is no need to hire an attorney. 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Some people do become victims of [wrongful termination](https://joblawyer.net/wrongful-termination/) because they have been injured and filed a claim. **You likely need counsel and protection from a skilled, knowledgeable California workers' compensation attorney if:** Your injury or work-related illness is serious, long-term and/or potentially disabling; Your workers' comp claims has been unfairly denied, or you are suffering due to delays in payment of the benefits you need; You have been fired since filing the claim — or you have reason to believe you will not be allowed to return to work in a comparable position; You are dealing with harassment from the insurance company or your employer, including being followed by an investigator or sent to an independent medical examiner. You are being sent to the company's doctor, who is biased toward the employer, perhaps not an M.D., and certainly not a specialist in the area required for proper assessment and treatment of your injury Perhaps the most important reason to hire a workers' compensation lawyer is that your ability get proper medical care for your work injury and achieve maximum recovery may depend on it. All such situations call for a workers compensation lawyer who understands the rating tables and other complex aspects of the workers compensation filing, appeal and litigation processes. With out a lawyer, you are at an extreme disadvantage. Workers compensation is based upon disability ratings that determine how much your claim is worth. These tables are not readily available nor understandable to the public, and you will never know if you are being offered the right amount. **Trying To Settle On Your Own Could:** Deprive you of money for essential future medical care; Cause abandonment of an important part of your claim — or the failure to make the right claims; Make these sacrifices based on unjustified financial concerns, since workers' compensation lawyers' fees are 10 to 15 percent of the settlement and are paid by the insured (employer). **Contact A Work Comp And Employment Lawyer Serving California Employees** You would not operate on yourself, so why try to pursue a case for your [disability](https://joblawyer.net/disability-discrimination/) compensation on your own? At the Employment Lawyers Group, we counsel and take action for injured workers in the Los Angeles area and throughout California. 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Wrongful work comp claim denials are common, and disputes arise that put workers and families in dire straits financially while they wait for the benefit checks they desperately need.At the Employment Lawyers Group, we understand workers compensation law and how to protect our valid clients' rights to get the care and treatment they need, for as long as they need it. 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