WCAB Triples Collections of Sanctions in 2013

By Sherri Okamoto, Legal ReporterCommissioners with the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board warned attorneys last summer they are running out of patience with sloppy lawyering, and the number of sanctions issued last fall and earlier this winter shows that they meant what they said.The WCAB collected almost $300,000 in sanctions last year − three times the amount collected in 2012, Chairwoman Ronnie Caplane said during the California Applicants' Association's annual winter conference last month in Rancho Mirage. Most of the sanctions were assessed against...