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Employer Lacked Sufficient Notice of Alleged Industrial Injury to Trigger Duty to Provide Claim Form, Notice of Benefits: Cal. Comp. Cases August Advanced Postings (8/17/2016)
Posted on 17 Aug 2016 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the August 2016 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2016 LexisNexis. All rights... Read More

Tags: claim form , liens , heart , copy services , presumption of industrial causation , Jurisdiction , California workers compensation , notice of eligibility of benefits , Police Officer , notice

Seizure Was Compensable Consequence of Industrial Head Injury: Cal. Comp. Cases July Advanced Postings (7/7/2016)
Posted on 8 Jul 2016 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the July 2016 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2016 LexisNexis. All rights... Read More

Tags: head injury , liens , copy services , California workers compensation , death , seizures , burden of proof

Two Injuries Found Inextricably Intertwined: Cal. Comp. Cases Advanced Postings (8/31/2016)
Posted on 1 Sep 2016 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the September 2016 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2016 LexisNexis. All... Read More

Tags: lien claims , Apportionment , Injuries AOE/COE to Psyche , permanent disability , Permanent Total Disability , good faith personnel actions , copy services , registration requirements , Ex Parte Communications , final orders , petitions for reconsideration , medical-legal procedure

California: SB 863 Checklist and Reference Guide
Posted on 19 Oct 2012 by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

SB 863 CHECKLIST & REFERENCE GUIDE By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. This SB 863 Checklist & Reference Guide is excerpted from The Lawyer’s Guide to the AMA Guides and California Workers’... Read More

Tags: PDRS , vocational experts , liens , supplemental job displacement benefits , copy services , permanent disabililty , California workers compensation , burial expenses , panel QME , home health care , SB 863 , Medical Provider Networks , return to Work fund , utilization review , AMA Guides & Permanent Impairment , reforms , agreed medical evaluator , independent medical review

California Workers’ Compensation Reform SB 863 Analysis: Fee Schedule Provisions
Posted on 28 Aug 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

***WARNING: The following analysis is based on the 8/24/2012 version of SB 863. On 8/31/2012, the Legislature passed SB 863. Be sure to check the final version of SB 863 posted on the Legislature website.*** The proposed amendments in SB 863 to Labor... Read More

Tags: vocational experts , copy services , California workers compensation , interpreter fees , home health care , fee schedules , reforms

California: SB 863 Checklist and Reference Guide
Posted on 19 Oct 2012 by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

SB 863 CHECKLIST & REFERENCE GUIDE By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. This SB 863 Checklist & Reference Guide is excerpted from The Lawyer’s Guide to the AMA Guides and California Workers’... Read More

Tags: PDRS , vocational experts , liens , supplemental job displacement benefits , AMA Guides & Permanent Impairment , copy services , permanent disabililty , California workers compensation , burial expenses , panel QME , home health care , SB 863 , Medical Provider Networks , return to Work fund , utilization review , reforms , agreed medical evaluator , independent medical review

California Workers’ Compensation Reform SB 863 Analysis: Fee Schedule Provisions
Posted on 28 Aug 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

***WARNING: The following analysis is based on the 8/24/2012 version of SB 863. On 8/31/2012, the Legislature passed SB 863. Be sure to check the final version of SB 863 posted on the Legislature website.*** The proposed amendments in SB 863 to... Read More

Tags: vocational experts , copy services , California workers compensation , interpreter fees , home health care , fee schedules , reforms