AMA Guides 5th Edition - Impairment Assessment Certification - Register NOW
Workers' Compensation News
| |
|
Sullivan: January 2017 Case Law Update
|
01/06/2017
|
|
By: Michael Sullivan
|
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 21618 | 0
|
|
Jurisdiction and subrogation
In Lee v. West Kern Water District (2016) 81 CCC 966, the 5th District Court of Appeal held that an employee's civil claim for assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress was not barred by the exclusive remedy rule when she wa...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Sullivan: December 2016 Case Law Update
|
12/05/2016
|
|
|
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 3715 | 0
|
|
Business of insurance
In Corona v. Koosharem, doing business as Select Staffing, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 542, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of an arbitrator's decision dismissing California Insurance Guarantee Association ...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Sullivan: November 2016 Case Law Update
|
11/03/2016
|
|
|
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 2514 | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
Business of insurance
In Farias v. Able Building Maintenance, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 440, the panel majority upheld an arbitrator's decision that an applicant was entitled to self-procure treatment at the employer's expense from the date the claim was den...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Stack: 5 Steps When Favorite Employee's Work Comp Claim Is Denied
|
10/20/2016
|
|
|
|
State: NA | Segment: Top | 676 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
|
|
The foundation of workers’ compensation is the employer-employee relationship. Depending on the injury and the relationship, this can mean an awkward scenario if your favorite employee’s workers compensation claim is being denied. Your employee is coming to you for help, but you ...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Sullivan: September 2016 Case Law Update
|
09/09/2016
|
|
|
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1466 | 0
|
|
The business of insurance
In Robles v. The Estate of Vicky Bleazard, dba Bleazard Co., 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 330, the WCAB held that a WCJ erred when it denied an applicant's petition to join deceased employer's estate and the Uninsured Employers Benefit...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Sullivan: August 2016 Case Law Update
|
08/02/2016
|
|
|
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1539 | 0
|
|
Medical treatment
In Bissett-Garcia v. Peace and Joy Center, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 174, the WCAB held that a defendant's UR decision was timely when the request for treatment initially was sent only to the defense attorney, and that attorney immediatel...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Sams: My Boss, David DePaolo
|
07/22/2016
|
|
By: Jim Sams
|
|
State: NA | Segment: Top | 1147 | 0
|
|
More than 11 years ago, I answered a job ad for journalists and faced the most intriguing opportunity of my career: Working for a former lawyer who had launched a website and said he wanted to base his business model on doing good journalism.
I took that plunge, mostly because I'd bee...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Sullivan: July 2016 Case Law Update
|
07/08/2016
|
|
|
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1269 | 0 | Popular with Medical
|
|
Injury
In Simard v. Lowe's Home Centers, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 214, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board upheld that the WCJ's decision that an employee's psychiatric
...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Stoddard: Oh, I Made a Mistake! Petitions to Set Aside
|
07/01/2016
|
|
By: Randall P. Stoddard
|
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1792 | 0 | Popular with Vendor | 2 min read
|
|
I recently attended the Workers’ Compensation Section 2016 Spring Conference at the State Bar of California. One speaker, the Honorable Judge Cliff Lee, presented “Oops: Mistakes, Errors and Petitions to Set Aside.” His insights are well worth sharing.
...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Sullivan: June 2016 Case Law Update
|
06/02/2016
|
|
|
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1565 | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
In Hartzheim Dodge Inc. v. WCAB (Navarro) (2016) 81 CCC 362 (writ denied), the WCAB held that an employer was not entitled to credit against its workers’ compensation liability for a discrepancy between an applicant’s civil settlement and the amount reserved as payment for damage...Read More
|
| |
