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California Workers’ Comp Case Roundup (9/1/2016)
Posted on 1 Sep 2016 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 81 No. 8 August 2016 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... Read More

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California: SB 863: New Panel Decision on Psychiatric Disability for Violent Act
Posted on 20 Mar 2017 by Calif. WCAB Noteworthy Panel Decisions Reporter

Rumors of the death of psychiatric permanent disability in post-1/1/2013 date of injury cases have been greatly exaggerated In Madson v. Michael J. Cavaletto Ranches, 2017 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, the WCAB rescinded the WCJ’s award of 39... Read More

Tags: Violent Acts , California workers compensation , SB 863 , psychiatric injury