Industry Insights
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Johnson: A Proposed SIBTF Trailer Bill, Procedural Morass and Judicial Chaos | 03/06/2026 | |
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| By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund reforms that Gov. Gavin Newsom is pitching, proposed Labor Code Sections 4754.1(c), (g) and (e) co...Read More | |||
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Johnson: Preliminary Thoughts on the 2026 SIBTF Trailer Bill | 03/04/2026 | |
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| By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The changes proposed by the Gov. Gavin Newsom administration in the SIBTF trailer bill are going to have wide-ranging and serious effects, both o...Read More | |||
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Johnson: Some Thoughts on Apportionment - And SIBTF | 11/20/2025 | |
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| By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In 1952 (over 73 years ago) the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund in the Patterson case (17 CCC 142). But not only did the court uphold SIBTF constitutionally, they therein set forth the basis of how SIBTF benefits would be paid.&...Read More | |||
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Johnson: SIBTF Study Is a Failure of Analysis | 08/09/2024 | |
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| By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| At the beginning of the 20th century, the “grand bargain” was enacted. That grand bargain provided: ...Read More | |||
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Jafary: Communication vs. Information | 02/11/2022 | |
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| By: Mina M. Jafary | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Parties on both sides of the workers’ compensation aisle should take care to give opponents a chance to object to proposed QME advocacy letters to avoid running into potentially sanctionable problems with Labor Code 4062.3. ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Appeals Court Provides Bright-Line Limitation to Hikida Application | 06/02/2020 | |
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| By: Richard Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Since the early days after passage of Senate Bill 899 in 2004, the California Legislature’s intent in overhauling the statutes governing apportionment of permanent disability and the issue of direct causation and apportionment have been the subject of multiple decis...Read More | |||
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Johnson: Artificial Intelligence and Workers' Compensation Fraud | 03/16/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Johnson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Artificial intelligence is redefining work in nearly every industry thanks to the increase in accuracy, efficiency and cost-effectiveness that AI-based applications offer. ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Court Reverses WCAB on Apportionment Causation Standard | 12/14/2018 | |
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| By: Jake Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The 1st Appellate District Court of Appeals has reversed yet another WCAB opinion in which the board has applied the post-SB 899 rules on apportionment too restrictively. ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Appellate Court Rejects PTD 'In Accordance With the Fact' | 10/05/2018 | |
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| By: Jake Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The 3rd District Court of Appeal has issued a stunning decision rejecting the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's reliance on an award by a judge of permanent total disability based on Labor Code 4662(b)’s language of disability "in accordance with the fact.” ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Supreme Court Cites Exclusive Remedy in King Decision | 09/04/2018 | |
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| By: Jake Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In one of the most anticipated appellate decisions of 2018, the California Supreme Court has reversed the Court of Appeal decision in King v. CompPartners. ...Read More | |||
