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Apportionment and Fibromyalgia: California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (12/8/2011)
Posted on 8 Dec 2011 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 76 No. 11 November 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 © Copyright 2011... Read More

Tags: irritable bowel syndrome , Case Law Developments , WCAB , fibromyalgia , Apportionment , permanent disability , California , California workers compensation , collateral source , subject matter jurisdiction , cumulative trauma injury

Wife Entitled to Reasonable Value of Home Health Care Services for Injured Husband: Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (6/14/12)
Posted on 14 Jun 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the June 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. Allgreen... Read More

Tags: registered nurse , Case Law Developments , employee , fibromyalgia , AMA Guides , California workers compensation , course of employment , home health care , inmate injury , lien claimants , cumulative trauma injury

National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup Powered by Larson's (9/4/2012)
Posted on 4 Sep 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL NEWS: CMS Announces Coverage Change Re TENS Units Included... Read More

Tags: SeaBright Holdings Inc. , fibromyalgia , WCMSA , CMS , NIOSH , SSA , lung cancer , Patriot Insurance , Enstar

Pennsylvania: Claimant Retires and Moves to Nevada, but Court Says No Evidence She Withdrew From Workforce
Posted on 23 Nov 2015 by Larson's Spotlight

A Pennsylvania appellate court held that it was error to suspend a claimant’s benefits solely because she received a disability pension and had moved to Nevada for its warmer climate; there was no evidence that she had permanently removed herself... Read More

Tags: Medicare , withdrawal from workforce , retire , fibromyalgia , lupus , disability pension , relocation , Pennsylvania workers compensation

Airplane Head Injury, Zone of Danger, Sudden and Extraordinary: Cal. Comp. Cases January Advanced Postings (1/15/2014)
Posted on 15 Jan 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the January 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries . © Copyright 2014 LexisNexis. All rights... Read More

Tags: sudden and extraordinary , fibromyalgia , special risk exception , zone of danger , Apportionment , head injury , permanent disability , Jurisdiction , California workers compensation , going and coming rule , expert witness , forum selection , six-month employment rule , Medical Provider Networks , psychiatric injury

National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup Powered by Larson's (9/4/2012)
Posted on 4 Sep 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL NEWS: CMS Announces Coverage Change Re TENS Units Included... Read More

Tags: SeaBright Holdings Inc. , fibromyalgia , WCMSA , CMS , NIOSH , SSA , lung cancer , Patriot Insurance , Enstar

Wife Entitled to Reasonable Value of Home Health Care Services for Injured Husband: Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (6/14/12)
Posted on 14 Jun 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the June 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. Allgreen... Read More

Tags: registered nurse , Case Law Developments , employee , fibromyalgia , AMA Guides , California workers compensation , course of employment , home health care , inmate injury , lien claimants , cumulative trauma injury

Fibromyalgia—Controversy and Confusion
Posted on 5 Nov 2010 by LexisNexis Occupational Injuries & Illnesses S

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Tags: fibromyalgia

Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (6/2/2011)
Posted on 3 Jun 2011 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here's the first batch of advanced postings for the June 2011 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases below to read the complete headnotes and summaries. Travelers Indemnity Company, insurer for Linear Technology... Read More

Tags: California Insurance Guarantee Association , sanctions , California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board , fibromyalgia , laches , pancreatitis , course of employment , Bad Faith

Apportionment and Fibromyalgia: California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (12/8/2011)
Posted on 8 Dec 2011 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 76 No. 11 November 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 © Copyright... Read More

Tags: irritable bowel syndrome , Case Law Developments , WCAB , fibromyalgia , Apportionment , permanent disability , California , California workers compensation , collateral source , subject matter jurisdiction , cumulative trauma injury