Industry Insights
| The Proposed PDRS - Injured Workers Perspective | 12/19/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The new Permanent Disability Rating Schedule (PDRS) proposed by the Administrative Director has stirred up considerable debate and conversation in the California workers' compensation community. To highlight the debate on the topic, WorkCompCentral presents two opposing views. The following is a ...Read More | |||
| The Practical Effects of Sandhagen and Willette | 12/04/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| This if the first part of a two part series by York McGavin examining the effects of the recent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board En Banc decisions in Brice Sandhagen vs. Cox & Cox Construction, Inc. (69 CCC (2004); En Banc, WCC 30652004 CA) and Michael A. Willette vs. AU Electric Co...Read More | |||
| TD/Wage Loss for Med Legal After P&S Status | 11/07/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| As if often the case, the WorkCompCentral Forums bring forth issues that are current and ripe for discussion, and present material that offers both the applicant and defense bar ongoing education about the California workers' compensation system. In a recent discussion, the question was raised wheth...Read More | |||
| The 2005 Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities | 10/09/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| PD Rating Specialist, Luis Perez-Cordero, says, "Using the AMA Guides with our current evaluation procedures for the last 6-months serves as my foundation for the following exploratory overview. Wondrous things are what we should expect from the new Schedule." Here is his take on the AMA Guides a...Read More | |||
| The Bruner Minefield - Employer Beware | 09/29/2004 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| In a case of first impression, Florida's First District Court of Appeals last month radically expanded the retaliatory discharge penalty in Florida Statute section 440.205 as amended in 2000, to provide for a civil cause of action against a subsequent employer who terminates an employee because of a...Read More | |||
| The Video JA and Return to Work Issues | 08/21/2004 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| There are certain problems doctors encounter in returning an injured worker back to the work place in an expeditious and appropriate manner: a) Doctors at times do not understand the true nature of one's job activities and essential duties. Without accurate knowledge of these physical dema...Read More | |||
| The New Rating Guidelines: An Update | 08/15/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| As the Workers' Compensation community begins to apply the components of SB 899, one aspect that we await is the new Permanent Disability rating schedule. The new schedule is to be based on AMA Guidelines. However, it is unclear as to how closely the new schedule will adhere to the AMA Guides....Read More | |||
| The Voucher System Hearings - A Perspective | 07/31/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By JoAnne Ruchinskas and Tom Gilmore The Public Hearings held in San Francisco July 8, 2004 to take public comments on the proposed regulations for the Carve Outs and the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit were minimally attended. Other than one of the DWC attorneys who chaired the ...Read More | |||
| The New Apportionment: Causation vs. Pathology | 07/03/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| As is often the case, the WorkCompCentral Professional Forum reflects the concerns and observations of the professional workers' compensation community. Recently the change in the legal standard of apportionment has become a topic indicating considerable concern in the professional community, not on...Read More | |||
| Transportation Expenses and 5402(c) | 06/19/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Does the requirement that medical treatment be provided the employee within one working day of the filing of a Claim Form also require reimbursement of reasonable and necessary transportation (and other related) costs? If so, does such reimbursement count towards the $10,000 cap? And, if so, what if...Read More | |||
