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California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (5/4/2014)
Posted on 5 May 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 79 No. 4 April 2014 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

Tags: statute of limitations , attorney's fees , disability retirement , vicarious liability , negligence , employment relationship , civil actions , special employers , California workers compensation , uninsured employers , equitable estoppel , qualified medical examiners , public employees , general employers , exclusive remedy rule , subsequent injuries , equitable tolling

California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (4/5/2014)
Posted on 5 Apr 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 79 No. 3 March 2014 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

Tags: claims handling , workers' compensation insurance , attorney's fees , civil actions , California workers compensation , products liability , brokers , FEHA , Fair Employment and Housing Act , Service-Connected Disability Retirement , Qualfied Medical Evaluator , utilization review , preconception liability , subsequent injuries , independent medical review

California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (10/31/2016)
Posted on 31 Oct 2016 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 81 No. 10 Oct 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

Tags: certification of class , medical records , civil actions , California workers compensation , Fair Employment and Housing Act

Exclusivity and Intentional Torts Under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and the Extension Acts
Posted on 6 Feb 2012 by Monica F. Markovich

By Monica F. Markovich and Jonathan A. Tweedy, Brown Sims, P.C., Houston, Texas[fn1] Section 905(a) limits the liability of an employer and its insurance carrier for benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA... Read More

Tags: intentional torts , defense base act , Jonathan Tweedy , civil actions , Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act , LHWCA , Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act , Monica Markovich , Longshore Act , exclusive remedy rule , Brown Sims

Exclusivity and Intentional Torts Under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and the Extension Acts
Posted on 6 Feb 2012 by Monica F. Markovich

By Monica F. Markovich and Jonathan A. Tweedy, Brown Sims, P.C., Houston, Texas[fn1] Section 905(a) limits the liability of an employer and its insurance carrier for benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA... Read More

Tags: intentional torts , defense base act , Jonathan Tweedy , civil actions , Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act , LHWCA , Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act , Monica Markovich , Longshore Act , exclusive remedy rule , Brown Sims