WCAB's Navarro Decision Will Cause Chaos, Defense Attorneys Say

Defense attorneys say an en banc decision released Wednesday by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board is going to drag the entire comp system back a decade in time, when dueling doctor reports were the norm, and create delay and uncertainty for litigants trying to get medical disputes resolved.Applicants' attorneys, on the other hand, said the WCAB is simply following the statute and their rivals' concerns are overblown.In Navarro v. City of Montebello, the board reasoned that a worker who brings successive claims for injuries to the same body part does not need to return to the ...