Whether you were hurt in a hotel kitchen near the coast or behind the wheel of a work van on Lincoln Boulevard, a Santa Monica workplace injury can raise more than one kind of claim. We connect you, at no cost, with an independent attorney who can sort them out.
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Claim it before someone else doesSanta Monica's workforce is scattered across hotel kitchens along Pacific Coast Highway, retail floors near 4th Street, tech and media offices, active construction sites, and the steady flow of service vans and delivery trucks using Lincoln Boulevard and the I-10 every shift. Getting hurt in any of those settings usually begins the same way: a workers' compensation claim through your employer, which covers medical care and part of your lost wages regardless of who was at fault. Under California law, that claim is generally your only remedy against the employer itself. It is not always the whole picture, though. If someone outside your company contributed to the injury, such as a subcontractor on a Santa Monica job site, the owner of a building where you were working, the manufacturer of equipment that failed, or another driver who struck your work vehicle, a separate injury claim may exist alongside comp. Santa Monica logged 445 injury collisions in 2025, with 572 people hurt, and some of those were simply people doing their jobs. LawProactive connects you for free with an independent attorney who can tell you which claims fit your situation.
Workers' compensation is typically your exclusive remedy against your employer, but a negligent third party, like a subcontractor, property owner, equipment maker, or another driver, can open a separate injury claim. The attorneys in our network look at both.
California asks you to report a work injury to your employer within 30 days, and it is illegal for an employer to punish you for doing so. An attorney can help you document the report and respond if your hours or job suddenly change afterward.
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Any claim against someone other than your employer generally must be filed within two years of the injury. Connecting early gives an independent attorney time to gather evidence from the site or the crash before it disappears.
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