Petitions for Cost Dominate Comments on WCAB Rules

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefSAN FRANCISCO – Proposed changes to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's Rules of Practice and Procedure that would allow interpreters and copy services to file petitions for costs – thereby avoiding lien filing or activation fees – could lead to a crisis for California's workers' compensation system that the projected savings from Senate Bill 863 were intended to prevent, employers said Tuesday.Lien claimants, on the other hand, approved of the proposed changes that would allow petitions for costs for some services but ...