En Banc Board Rescinds Award to Wife of Worker for Care Services

By Sherri OkamotoLegal ReporterThe California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, in an en banc ruling Thursday, unanimously rescinded an award to a worker with a severe injury to his dominant hand for the home health care assistance he was receiving from his wife.Even though Roque Neri-Hernandez got hurt before the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 863, the board ruled that the statutory changes that place limits on the payment for home heath care services applied in his case. All requests for home heath care in all cases that were not final as of Jan. 1, 2013, are subject t...