WCAB Commissioners Identify Post-Dubon Issues They Anticipate Needing Resolution

SAN DIEGO – A main point of California's Senate Bill 863 was to reduce litigation, but Workers' Compensation Appeals Board commissioners said Friday they expect several cases to come before them this year seeking resolution of disputes about the finer points of the new statutory scheme. Speaking at the California Applicants' Attorneys Association Winter Convention, the commissioners broke with tradition and focused their comments on issues they expect to see in the future instead of rehashing disputes that had been settled in the previous year. Commissioner Ronnie Capla...