This video reviews the potential timing of approval of your workers’ comp settlement once it is filed. If you are an injured worker with a California injury, and don’t have an attorney, this video is intended to help provide an overview of workers’ compensation topics so you can better represent yourself.

In workers’ compensation, every settlement must be approved by a judge, and the insurance company will not make any settlement payment until that order issues. So once everyone signs the settlement, it is generally efiled (or potentially walked through for approval) and assigned to a judge. This video goes through the timeline, the judge’s required response time, and what may occur if adequacy is not found.

Jeremy Lusk is a certified specialist in workers’ compensation with almost two decades of experience, and previously served as a Judge at the Fresno District Office of the WCAB. He has worked out of Fresno, but appeared at numerous Boards to represent both injured workers and employers/carriers.

No attorney/client relationship is created or implied by this video. This video is not offering legal advice as to what you should, or should not, do in your workers’ compensation case, but rather offers education/information as to the California workers’ compensation system for unrepresented workers so they can better represent themselves and make more informed decisions.

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