WCAB Commissioners, ALJs Impart Practice Pointers

LOS ANGELES − Workers' Compensation Appeals Board Commissioner Marguerite Sweeney said Friday that the board should have the final versions of the proposed regulations it has promulgated under SB 863 out at some point this week. Sweeney, speaking with WCAB Chair Ronnie Caplane on a panel at the California Division of Workers' Compensation's 20th Annual Education Conference, also implored attorneys to follow the rules that the commissioners have worked so hard to draft, as well as the existing rules of practice and procedure. On top of that, Sweeney asked that attorn...