LAS VEGAS – Senate Bill 863 changed the way in which mental injuries are compensated, but the panelists leading off the California Applicants' Attorneys Association annual summer convention on Thursday argued that attempting to differentiate between a "mental" condition and a "physical" condition is futile.The reform measure Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in September added to Labor Code Section 4660.1 language saying, "There shall be no increases in impairment rating for sleep dysfunction, sexual dysfunction and compensable psychiatric disorder, or any combination thereof, arising...
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