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The exclusive remedy provisions contained in Cal. Labor Code § 3602 extend their shield against tort liability to utilization reviewers performing their services under the state’s workers’ compensation utilization review process. Accordingly...

A federal district court granted a workers’ compensation insurance company’s motion to dismiss claims contained in a complaint filed against it alleging, inter alia , concealment fraud, negligent interference, and bad faith breach of contract...

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 83 No. 7 July 2018 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...

It is difficult to come up with a more controversial not to mention hotly litigated topic in California’s workers’ compensation system than the Panel Qualified Medical Evaluation (PQME) process. Though there is little question that the old...

In a noteworthy panel decision, the WCAB in Taina v. County of Santa Clara/Valley Medical Center , 2018 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, affirmed the WCJ and held that the WCJ did not err by determining the level of permanent disability caused by applicant’s...

Oakland, CA – A new California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) analysis offers a preliminary look at Utilization Review (UR) and Independent Medical Review (IMR) outcomes involving pharmaceutical requests for California injured workers...

The analysis of apportionment of disability in the workers’ compensation world changed dramatically after SB899 was enacted in 2004. The changes occurred in ways no one could ever have imagined. Then, in 2017, the 3rd District Court of Appeal (DCA...

Data on California workers’ compensation independent medical review (IMR) decisions issued in the first quarter of this year shows that the medical dispute resolution process established as part of the 2012 workers’ comp reforms continues...

Recently, a panel of three commissioners with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) addressed the “cannot parcel out” exception” outlined in Benson v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (2009) 170 Cal. App.4th 1535 , 74...

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 83 No. 6 June 2018 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...

LexisNexis has selected some of the top “noteworthy” panel decisions issued by the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board during the period January through June 2018. The list features a number of split panel decisions, including...

Recently, a panel of three commissioners with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) in Hennessey v. Compass Group , 2018 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, addressed one of the most important issues arising out of Senate Bill 863 that has not...

Karen C. Yotis, Esq., Feature Resident Columnist of the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , provides insights into workplace issues and the nuts and bolts of the workers' comp world. FACING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS The centennial...

The mileage rate that workers’ comp claims administrators pay injured workers for travel related to medical treatment or evaluation of their injuries will remain at 55.5¢ per mile for travel on or after January 1, 2012, regardless of the date...

Here’s the fourth batch of advanced postings for the February 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. ...