CA Judge Blocks PDRS Challenge

Opponents of the Schwarzenegger administration's new Permanent Disability Rating Schedule took a battering in court Friday, and will be licking their wounds just as they arrive at today's final public hearing on the rules. A Sacramento County Superior Court refused to step into the fray in a tentative ruling announced Friday, deciding that such policies are solely within the purview of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the Appellate Courts or the Supreme Court. The decision, if it stands after a final hearing, blocks a legal challenge to implementation of the new rules by VotersInjure...