Supreme Court Accepts 3 More Amicus Briefs in MPN Dispute

The California Supreme Court last week accepted three more amicus briefs in Valdez v. WCAB (Warehouse Demo Services), No. S204387, a long-running dispute about the admissibility of medical reports prepared by a doctor outside of an employer's medical provider network.Earlier this month, the court accepted a defense amicus brief jointly filed by the California Workers' Compensation Institute and American Insurance Association, and in May, the court took a brief in support of the applicant from the California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery.Last Monday, the court also a...