Applicants: Hertz Decision Carries Enormous Implications

By John P. Kamin, Legal Editorjohnkamin@workcompcentral.comGet CEs for reading this article, click here!RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Applicants' attorneys warned Thursday that an upcoming state Supreme Court decision in an apportionment case could carry mammoth implications for workers from a multitude of social backgrounds, and even has the potential to strengthen applicants' arguments in cases such as Ogilvie. The 6th District Court of Appeal's controversial decision in Hertz v. WCAB (Aguilar) created a slippery slope of apportionment for non-industrial factors, attorney Julius ...