By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefCalifornia attorneys are worried about "chaos" caused by revisiting thousands of cases because of the Division of Workers' Compensation's decision to issue new qualified medical evaluator panels in cases where the original request for a panel didn't follow the timelines set in a Sept. 26 Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision.The WCAB's en banc decision in Messele v. Pitco Foods Inc. determined that a request for a QME panel is untimely if it is sent before the 10 days given for the parties to settle on an agreed medical evaluator ha...
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