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A denial is not the end. It’s the beginning of our fight for your benefits.
By Eman Yazdchi, Esq. · Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law
Receiving a denial letter from the workers' compensation insurance company is not the end of your case — it is frequently just the beginning of a fight that a qualified attorney can win. Insurance carriers denying claims from Pomona workers is not an unusual occurrence. It is a routine business strategy. Carriers know that a significant percentage of injured workers who receive a denial will simply give up, saving the insurer thousands or tens of thousands of dollars per abandoned claim. If your workers' comp claim has been denied in Pomona, you need to understand that the denial is the insurer's opening position, not a final determination of your rights.
There are several common grounds insurers use to deny claims from Pomona workers. The most frequent is a dispute over whether the injury is work-related. The carrier's doctor examines you for fifteen minutes, writes a report concluding your back pain is degenerative rather than industrial, and the insurer issues a denial. Another common basis is late reporting — the insurer argues that you did not report your injury within the timeframes required by the Labor Code, creating a presumption that the injury did not occur at work. Carriers also deny claims by alleging that the worker was intoxicated, engaged in horseplay, or acting outside the scope of employment at the time of injury. Each of these denial rationales has specific legal defenses, and an experienced attorney knows how to dismantle them.
For Pomona's industrial workforce, claim denials based on causation are particularly problematic. A warehouse worker who lifts heavy objects for a living will almost certainly have some pre-existing degenerative changes in their spine. The insurer seizes on that reality to argue the injury is not industrial. But California law is clear: if employment is a contributing cause of the injury — even if it aggravated a pre-existing condition — the claim is compensable. Under the substantial evidence standard, we challenge the insurer's medical report with a comprehensive evaluation from a qualified medical-legal examiner who considers your full work history, job duties, and physical demands.
Our lead attorney, Eman Yazdchi, is a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law. He has overturned denials for manufacturing workers, food processing employees, logistics operators, and service workers throughout the Pomona area. A denied claim is not a lost cause when it is handled by an attorney who understands the medical and legal standards the insurer must meet.
Challenging a denied claim requires filing a Declaration of Readiness to Proceed and taking your case before a judge at the Pomona WCAB District Office. This is where having a local presence matters. We know the Pomona board's judges, their expectations for medical evidence, and the procedural steps required to get your denied claim on the trial calendar efficiently. Insurers count on the delay and complexity of the appeals process to wear down injured workers. We use that same process as a tool to hold them accountable.
When we take over a denied claim, we begin with a thorough review of the denial letter, the insurer's medical reports, and your employment and medical records. We identify the specific weakness in the insurer's position and build our case around it. Whether the denial was based on a flawed medical opinion, a disputed reporting timeline, or an incorrect application of the Labor Code, we know how to challenge it effectively.
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Tap to call →After we review your denial and retain your case, we file a Declaration of Readiness to set your matter for a hearing at the Pomona WCAB District Office. We obtain a qualified medical-legal evaluation that addresses the specific issues raised in the denial and provides the substantial medical evidence needed to overcome the insurer's position. We prepare your case for a Mandatory Settlement Conference, where many denied claims are resolved through negotiation once the insurer sees the strength of our medical evidence. If settlement is not possible, we take your case to trial. The judge at the Pomona WCAB will weigh the competing medical evidence and issue a Findings and Award. Throughout this process, you pay nothing unless we overturn the denial and recover benefits for you.
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