Injured Worker v. Guardian Angel Home Care/SIBTF

Practice Area: SIBTFWorkers Compensation
Date: April 11th, 2023
Outcome: SIBTF award for 100% disability

The injured worker suffered an injury on September 19, 2014 when he was involved in an automobile accident while working for Guardian Angel Home Care  which settled stipulations to 28% disability on August 7, 2017.  An SIBTF claim was filed by Silberman & Lam, LLP.  The applicant had a prior disability including  arthritis, lungs, cervical spine and sinusitis.   Silberman & Lam, LLP was able to obtain an award for 100% disability for SIBTF.  The applicant was entitled to back benefits of $302,881.50 and ongoing benefits of $1541.96 per week increasing each year with a COLA for life with offsets for social security disability.