Our Practice Areas

Sports & Entertainment

Hermanson, Guzman & Wang has successfully represented many Workers’ Compensation defense cases in the Sports and Entertainment industry over the last 40 years.We have represented many professional teams by working closely with the team liaison and their claims office or TPA (third party administrator) to ensure the best possible outcome for our clients.

Our approach to handling sports claims is designed to mitigate the potential for high exposure.

 

Retail, Food Service & Hospitality

At Hermanson, Guzman & Wang, we understand the unique demands and litigation challenges of the retail, restaurant and hospitality industries in California’s Workers’ Compensation defense. We are proud of our extensive experience successfully representing leading brands and companies that are pioneers in the hotel, food service and retail industries. Our clients are impressed with our knowledge and understanding of emerging issues in litigation that are unique to hotel and restaurant industry.

In addition to having over 40 years of experience in various markets, we take every step to ensure we mitigate risk and exposure for all of our clients. Our attorneys have extensive experience working with brokers, insurance carriers, examiners and claim professionals. We take a partnership approach to Risk Management by working with our clients to avoid needless costs and consequences.

 

Healthcare & Hospitals

With over 40 years of experience in various markets, we understand the unique litigation strategies required with the ever changing applications in the healthcare industry.  Along with the emergence of tele-medicine and home healthcare,  Hermanson, Guzman & Wang, A P.C has the experience required to mitigate risk and exposure for our Healthcare and Hospital clients and claims specialists while staying abreast of the latest trends in the industry.

We understand Workers’ Compensation defense as it applies to workers in:

  • Healthcare

  • Home Health Caregivers

  • Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

  • Hospital and Private Industry workers including general medical and surgical

  • Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

  • Healthcare facilities also employ: food preparation, housekeeping and linen services, cleaning, maintenance, physical plant operations, landscaping, office functions, and more.

As noted by OSHA, hospital employment is growing, as is the risk of exposure. In fact, ‘Recordable work-related injuries have greatly outnumbered illnesses in hospitals throughout the past 20 years. 1 In 2011, injuries accounted for 93 percent of the total cases recorded; illnesses accounted for the remaining 7 percent. (source: https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hospitals/documents/1.2_Factbook_508.pdf)

 

Manufacturing & Agriculture

We are proud to note our extensive experience resolving Workers’ Compensation cases for clients in the Manufacturing and Agriculture sector.

  • According to the Bureau of Statistics, Manufacturing supports an estimated 17.6 million jobs in the United States about one in six private-sector jobs. More than 12 million Americans (or 9 percent of the workforce) are employed directly in manufacturing.

  • Our litigation experience in Agriculture includes a keen understanding of the unique needs of Growers/Packers/Shippers, Commercial Farms, Farm Managers and Labor, Cheese Manufacturing, Fertilizer Dealers, Seed Merchants, Commercial Nurseries and Wineries.

Since 1974 we have been working with Employers, Business Owners, Risk Managers, Third Party Administrators (TPA) and Claims Adjusters in Agriculture and Manufacturing industry to aggressive close and resolve litigation cases in various market sectors. Hermanson, Guzman & Wang, A P.C have the extensive experience and the keen understanding required to mitigate risk and exposure and claims specialists while staying abreast of the latest trends in the industry.