Attorney: WCAB's Lane Decision Made No New Law

A Southern California applicants' attorney downplayed the significance of a recent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel decision involving treatment outside of the medical provider network, and clarified that the focus of the decision was whether the employer met the criteria set forth under the Bruce Knight decision. John Mendoza, an attorney with Perona, Langer, Beck & Serbin in Long Beach, said that the WCAB's decision in Lane v. Big Lots Stores, et al., No. ADJ2708349, 10/6/08, did not create new law. He explained that his firm filed and prevailed on a petition for rec...