5th DCA Orders Do-Over of WCAB Decision on Admissibility of Medical Report

The Court of Appeals for the 5th District of California ruled that the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board was entitled to a do-over in deciding whether an injured worker could submit the report from his self-procured medical expert to the qualified medical examiner for a comp case. Case: Davis v. WCAB (City of Modesto), No. F074957, 03/10/2017, unpublished. Facts: Theodore Davis filed two workers' compensation claims asserting he had developed prostate cancer because of his exposure to carcinogens while working as a firefighter for the City of Modesto. Dr. Thomas Allems w...