Show Notes
Most business owners think workers comp is handled because they pay the premium. Tina Odjaghian says the hardest cases are the ones nobody can see, and she has recovered more than $700 million proving it.
The Odjaghian Law Group founder explains why California’s workers’ comp system is broken, how invisible traumatic brain injuries get denied, and what employers miss in the first hours after an injury. She reveals how a missed “goose egg” during an ER visit became a mid-seven-figure case, and why she is taking a medical treatment case to the California Supreme Court. Tina also shares how she went from arriving in the United States at 10 years old with one suitcase and no English to building one of the country’s leading TBI litigation practices.
Watch to learn how to protect your business, respond properly to an injury, and spot the damage nobody can see.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
How to respond in the first hours after a workplace injury
Why paying the premium does not mean you are protected
When a homeowner needs a workers comp rider and an umbrella policy
CHAPTERS
0:00 From One Suitcase to $700 Million Recovered 4:39 One Suitcase And No English 7:43 Imposter Syndrome Never Fully Leaves 14:19 What Happens After A Workplace Injury 15:37 The Injury Nobody Can See 17:12 Why Workers Comp Is Broken 21:04 Protecting Your Business And Your Home 32:32 The Goose Egg The ER Missed 40:23 Losing Her Words At 17 43:41 Why Communication Is Underrated 53:17 Advice For Anyone Starting Over
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