1st DCA Grants Review to 2nd Constitutional Challenge to IMR

The California 1st District Court of Appeals is poised to take a second look at the constitutionality of California's independent medical review process, with its focus this time on the anonymity of the doctor providing the opinion. Last October, a unanimous panel from Division 1 of the 1st DCA declared that IMR "is fundamentally fair and affords workers sufficient opportunities to present evidence and be heard." The California Supreme Court has now been asked to review that ruling from Stevens v. WCAB (Outspoken Entertainment). The high court has said it will issue a ...