WCAB Adopts Rules Defining Lien Claimants as Parties

California lien claimants are parties to the case in chief, under new rules by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board that took effect Thursday. The WCAB revised its rules of practice and procedure to make the regulations more logical and easier to use, according to rulemaking materials promulgated in August. “The intent is that the rules will appear in a logical, coherent order, both overall and within each individual article,” the board said. “In some cases, this has entailed combining and/or splitting up prior rules, in order to as much as possible have a single r...