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✦ Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law — State Bar of California ✦
Board-certified specialist fighting for maximum benefits for injured workers.
By Eman Yazdchi, Esq. · Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law
Burbank is a city of approximately 110,000 people, but its economic footprint is enormous. As the media capital of the world, Burbank is home to Warner Bros. Studios, Walt Disney Studios, and dozens of production companies, post-production houses, and entertainment support businesses. Beyond entertainment, the city has a thriving industrial corridor along San Fernando Boulevard, a regional airport, and a significant healthcare sector.
Workers in Burbank face industry-specific hazards that generic workers' comp attorneys often do not understand. On-set injuries involve unique employment structures. Manufacturing injuries along the industrial corridor involve heavy machinery and chemical exposures. Airport operations carry their own set of risks. Navigating the workers' compensation system for any of these injuries requires specialized knowledge.
Attorney Eman Yazdchi of Yazdchi Law P.C. is a California State Bar board-certified workers' compensation specialist — a credential earned by only a small percentage of attorneys statewide. Board certification requires rigorous examination, demonstrated experience, and ongoing education specifically in workers' comp law. For Burbank workers dealing with complex employment arrangements and industry-specific injuries, that expertise is not a luxury — it is a necessity.
The studios that define Burbank employ thousands of workers in roles ranging from stunt performers and camera operators to set builders, grips, electricians, costume designers, and office staff. Entertainment industry workers' comp claims are uniquely complicated:
San Fernando Boulevard and the surrounding streets in central and eastern Burbank are home to manufacturing facilities, fabrication shops, and industrial operations. Workers in these facilities sustain injuries from machinery, repetitive motion, chemical exposures, and material handling — traditional industrial injuries that require straightforward but aggressive representation.
The stunt performer at Warner Bros. suffers a spinal fracture during a controlled fall sequence. Despite meticulous safety planning, the stunt goes wrong. The production company's insurer initially accepts the claim but then disputes the extent of disability, arguing the performer assumed the risk. Risk assumption is not a defense in workers' comp — California's no-fault system under LC Section 3200 covers injuries regardless of fault.
The set painter at a Burbank production facility develops chronic respiratory illness from years of exposure to paints, solvents, and dust in poorly ventilated workshops. The cumulative trauma claim is denied as "not industrial." Medical evidence documenting workplace exposures and their connection to the respiratory condition is needed to overturn the denial.
The machinist on San Fernando Boulevard loses fingers in a press brake accident. The employer claims the worker failed to follow safety procedures. Again, fault does not matter in workers' comp — the worker is entitled to full benefits including medical treatment, temporary disability, and permanent disability for the amputation.
The baggage handler at Hollywood Burbank Airport develops bilateral shoulder impingement and rotator cuff tears from years of overhead lifting. The insurer offers a quick settlement that vastly undervalues the future medical care these shoulders will require.
Burbank workers' comp cases are heard at the Van Nuys WCAB. Regardless of where in Burbank you were injured, you are entitled to:
Injured at work in Burbank? Call (661) 273-1780
Tap to call →Whether you were injured on a studio lot, in a manufacturing facility, at the airport, or anywhere else in Burbank, your workers' comp claim deserves the attention of a board-certified specialist. Do not leave your benefits in the hands of a general practice attorney who handles workers' comp as a sideline.
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