Camps Forming for Possibility of Cumulative Trauma Legislation

Workers' comp professionals have started staking out positions for the possibility that California lawmakers will try to rein in cumulative trauma claims this year. On one side, a recently formed business alliance focusing primarily on reforming a law that allows workers to sue employers over Labor Code violations is calling for an awareness campaign to inform legislators about the growing number of high-cost cumulative trauma claims. On the other side, attorneys who represent injured workers are questioning whether there is a problem with these claims that lawmakers need to fix...