Book Review - California Worker’s Comp by Christopher Ball

California Worker’s Comp is a book written by Attorney Christopher Ball.

This book by Attorney Christopher Ball is a complete guide on how to handle compensation for California workers from beginning to the end.

It will guide on how to work with an insurance company to receive benefits a victim deserves and the medical benefits.

The complex process of determining legal responsibility

It is complicate to determine legal responsibility of an accident, and a lot depends on whether someone was negligent or careless. The blame often goes to the corporation or individual in whose place the accident occurred.

Before coming to that conclusion, it is essential to determine who was at fault legally.

How to Determine Legal Liability

The majority of accidents occur because someone was not careful enough.

The rule of thumb is to find out who was more careless when that accident happen as that person will be the one to pay for the damages.

This rule of carelessness is followed in almost all accident to determine legal liability. Some of the rules that are followed are as follows:

• In case the injured person was at a place where he or she was not supposed to be, or was at a place where it was expected that accidents may happen, than the person who is blamed for the accident may not be liable to be careful towards the injured person.
• Another factor that is considered is comparative negligence. In case the injured person was also careless; than the compensation will be reduced to the extent that carelessness resulted in that accident.
• In case the accident is caused by the negligent person at the time of working for someone else, the legal responsibility of the accident may also go to the employer.
• In case accident occurred at a poorly maintained or built property, the owner of the property will be held liable, even if the owner did not actually create the dangerous situation.
• The seller and manufacturer of a defective product are both liable for the accident caused by it, even if it is not clear which one was careless in allowing or creating the defective product.

The book California Worker’s Comp from Attorney Christopher Ball will equip you with all the relevant information that is required to file a case for injury compensation.

Book Author

Attorney Christopher Ball has exclusively practiced worker’s compensation law since 1991. The book California Worker’s Comp is now in its eight edition. Christopher Ball is a certified attorney as a specialist for Worker’s Compensation with the State Bar of California.