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Cal. Comp. Cases August Advanced Postings (8/18/2011)

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the August 2011 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2011 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. City of Santa Clara, PSI, Petitioner...

Published Thu, Aug 18 2011 11:36 AM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: Case Law Developments, Apportionment, California, cumulative trauma, permanent disability, california workers' compensation, course of employment, jurisdiction, psychiatric injury, substantial evidence, partial disability

California: The Ogilvie DCA Decision: Is Algebra Out and LeBoeuf In?

By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. On July 29, 2011, the First District Court of Appeal issued its long awaited decision on Wanda Ogilvie vs. WCAB . The decision reverses the WCAB en banc decision and remands the matter back to the WCAB to determine whether Ogilvie...

Published Sun, Jul 31 2011 6:56 PM by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

Filed under: DFEC rating, permanent disability, PDRS, Robert Rassp, Ogilvie v. W.C.A.B., future earning capacity, RAND, LeBoeuf, scheduled rating

California Workers' Compensation Case Roundup (7/9/2011)

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 76 No. 6 June 2011 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE ©...

Published Sat, Jul 9 2011 6:39 PM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: Apportionment, Temporary Disability, contribution, statute of limitations, permanent disability, california workers' compensation, bad faith, attorney fees, California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, domestic employee

Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (6/23/2011)

Here's the fourth batch of advanced postings for the June 2011 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the complete headnotes and summaries. County of San Bernardino, PSI, self-administered by San Bernardino County Risk Management...

Published Mon, Jun 27 2011 2:19 PM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: permanent disability, course of employment, substantial evidence, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, medical reports, health service assistant, advances, payment delay

Cal. Comp. Cases May Advanced Postings (5/11/2011)

Here's the third batch of advanced postings for the May 2011 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. Pasadena Unified School District, PSI, administered by Corvel Corporation...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 2:26 PM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: permanent disability, bad faith, estoppel, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, removal, diminished future earning capacity, reconsideration, third-party recovery

California: 1st District – No Presumption Earnings Are Maximum Where Documentation Is Lacking

The First District Court of Appeal has reversed a W.C.A.B. decision that really involves a technical issue for calculating and paying TTD under the guise of modifying a penalty award. In a published decision the Court has made a ruling on an issue involving...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2011 3:37 PM by Richard M. Jacobsmeyer

Filed under: permanent disability, temporary total disability, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, TTD, underpayment, Isaac Espinoza, Coca COLA v. W.C.A.B., penalty

Cal. Comp. Cases March Advanced Postings (3/17/2011)

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the March 2011 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. City and County of San Francisco, PSI, Petitioner v. Workers'...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 8:58 AM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: Apportionment, cumulative trauma, permanent disability, presumption, industrial injury, compromise and release, removal, medical records, toxins, reconsideration

Cal. Comp. Cases March Advanced Postings (3/15/2011)

Here’s the second batch of advanced postings for the March 2011 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases below to read the complete headnotes and summaries. Francisco Costa , Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 5:53 PM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: Apportionment, Death Benefits, statute of limitations, WCAB, permanent disability, preexisting conditions, police officer, failure to prosecute, compensability, future earning capacity

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Permanent Total Disability Under California Labor Code Section 4662

By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. Once in a while, the powers that be allow us to be “applicant oriented” in our articles and this is one of them. We try to be neutral in most of our articles and books but sometimes the intoxicating effect of writing...

Published Thu, Dec 30 2010 11:34 AM by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

Filed under: permanent disability, california workers' compensation, AMA Guides & Permanent Impairment., apportionment of disability

2010 Year in Review: The Top 10 Workers’ Compensation Events in California

In a totally arbitrary and perhaps capricious, non-parametric, unscientific but somewhat peer reviewed way, here are the top ten workers’ compensation events that occurred in 2010. Can you predict what the top ten workers’ compensation events...

Published Fri, Dec 3 2010 9:29 AM by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

Filed under: AMA Guides, Ogilvie, permanent disability, QME, Guzman, California Division of Workers’ Compensation, Robert Rassp, WPI ratings, Medicare set-aside, ex-parte communications, 2010 Year in Review

Cal. Comp. Cases November Advanced Postings (11/2/2010)

Here’s the second batch of advanced postings for the November 2010 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the case below to read the complete headnotes and summary. Paul Anfuso v. W.C.A.B., Beverly La Cumbre Convalescent Hospital...

Published Wed, Nov 3 2010 10:25 AM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: Temporary Disability, statute of limitations, permanent disability, sanctions, substantial evidence, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, psyche injury, petition for reconsideration

Cal. Comp. Cases October Advanced Postings (10/13/2010)

Here's the third batch of advanced postings for the October 2010 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases below to read the full headnotes and summaries. Brunton Enterprises, Inc., SeaBright Insurance Company, Petitioners...

Published Wed, Oct 13 2010 2:08 PM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: Death Benefits, permanent disability, qualified medical evaluator, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, apportionment of disability, carve-out agreement, American Medical Association Guides, statute of limitation, presumption of compensability

California Workers' Compensation Cases Roundup 10/7/2010

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 75, No. 9 September 2010 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE...

Published Fri, Oct 8 2010 8:33 AM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: Temporary Disability, course and scope of employment, exclusive remedy, permanent disability, California workers’ compensation, serious and willful misconduct, warrantless search, medical malpractice, causal link, recreation

Cal. Comp. Cases October Advanced Postings (10/6/2010)

Here's the second batch of advanced postings for the October 2010 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the full headnotes and summaries for these cases. Granite State Insurance Company, administered by Chartis Claim, Inc. ...

Published Wed, Oct 6 2010 12:42 PM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: permanent disability, industrial injury, temporary total disability, collateral estoppel, substantial evidence, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, dual employment, fictitious business name permit, Guzman v. Milpitas, medical treatment clinic

Cal. Comp. Cases September Advanced Postings (9/20/2010)

Here's the third batch of advanced postings for the September 2010 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases below to read the full headnotes and summaries. Maria Bustamante, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals...

Published Tue, Sep 21 2010 10:44 AM by California Compensation Cases Staff

Filed under: WCAB, permanent disability, burden of proof, psychiatric injury, compromise and release, attorneys fees, rehabilitation unit, nasopharyngeal cancer, temporary total disability, good faith personnel action