2nd DCA Petition Challenges Constitutionality of WCAB's 'Grant and Study' Orders

A longstanding practice of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to issue so-called “grant and study” orders in response to petitions for reconsideration deprives injured workers of their constitutional right to a quick resolution of their claims and is not authorized by any statute or regulation, according to a petition filed with California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal. The petition was filed Friday by five injured workers whose petitions for reconsideration were granted “to further study the factual and legal issues presented in this case” and who ar...