WCAB Panel: Applicant's Immigration Status Bars Some TTD

By John P. Kamin, Legal EditorEmployers are not liable for temporary total disability benefits when an applicant's immigration status is the sole reason for not being able to accept an offer of modified work, according to a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel decision that is quickly gaining notoriety among defense attorneys. The WCAB's decision in Cubedo v. Leemar Enterprises features a new point of law about undocumented injured workers' entitlement to benefits. Timothy Kinsey, a partner at the firm of Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Reubens and Thomas, told WorkCompCentra...