Bill Would Limit Employer Liability for CT and Disease Claims

California employers would not be liable for medical treatment provided before they accept or deny a cumulative trauma or occupational disease claim unless the injured worker was treated by a doctor in the employer’s network or his or her personal physician, under recent amendments to a bill that could also be a vehicle for reforms being drafted by the Department of Industrial Relations. Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, on Monday amended AB 1244 to add language limiting employer liability for medical and legal costs incurred in the early stages of a claim.  One change would ad...