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New York: Two-Year Delay in Contesting Coverage Bars Carrier From Pushing Loss to Second Carrier
Posted on 14 Dec 2018 by Thomas A. Robinson

Where a carrier accepted the claim and did not contest coverage for two years, it was appropriate for the Board to apply the doctrine of laches and preclude that carrier from litigation the coverage issue with another carrier. The court acknowledged that... Read More

Tags: laches , successive carrier , insurer liability

Cocaine Use, Not Needle Stick, More Likely Cause of Hepatitis C: Cal. Comp. Cases February Advanced Postings (2/20/2014)
Posted on 20 Feb 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the fourth batch of advanced postings for the February 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... Read More

Tags: tattoo , hepatitis C , statute of limitations , cocaine , laches , prison , Calfiornia workers compensation , needle stick

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

Tags: Time to File Petition , insurance coverage , Request for Additional Permanent Disability Benefits After Award , Medicinal Marijuana , injury aoe/coe , medical treatment , Time Deadlines , peace officers , statute of limitations , Delay in Filing Claim , Petitions for Writ of Review , reasonableness and necessity , Violent Acts , Specific and Cumulative Injuries , California Highway Patrol Officers , liens , tolling , settlements , laches , Administrative Leave Payments , Salary in Lieu of Disability Benefits , wrongful termination , Employee Leasing Agreement , presumption of industrial causation , registration requirements , Professional Copy Services , Payroll Services , WCAB Jurisdiction , vexatious litigant , continuing medical award , Time to File , Credit , Heart Trouble , utilization review , equitable subrogation , petitions for reconsideration , psychiatric injury , Increased Permanent Disability , Petitions for Reconsideration/Removal , personal service

California: Does the WCAB’s Application of Equitable Principles Preclude a Predictable Outcome?
Posted on 25 Apr 2012 by Calif. WCAB Noteworthy Panel Decisions Reporter

Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases and statutes cited below. Almost 100 years ago, our Legislature was directed to “create and enforce a liability on the part of all employers to compensate their employees for any injury incurred by the... Read More

Tags: equity , equitable principles , waiver , laches , invited error , California workers compensation , prejudice

No Unlawful Age Discrimination Found in 20 Percent Apportionment of Permanent Disability to Other Factors: Cal. Comp. Cases May Advanced Postings (5/25/12)
Posted on 25 May 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the next batch of advanced postings for the May 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. William... Read More

Tags: Case Law Developments , age discrimination , statute of limitations , degenerative , permanent disability , laches , California workers compensation , writ of review , course of employment , apportionment of disability , petition to reopen

California: Does the WCAB’s Application of Equitable Principles Preclude a Predictable Outcome?
Posted on 25 Apr 2012 by Calif. WCAB Noteworthy Panel Decisions Reporter

Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases and statutes cited below. Almost 100 years ago, our Legislature was directed to “create and enforce a liability on the part of all employers to compensate their employees for any injury incurred by... Read More

Tags: equity , equitable principles , waiver , laches , invited error , California workers compensation , prejudice

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

No Unlawful Age Discrimination Found in 20 Percent Apportionment of Permanent Disability to Other Factors: Cal. Comp. Cases May Advanced Postings (5/25/12)
Posted on 25 May 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the next batch of advanced postings for the May 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. William... Read More

Tags: Case Law Developments , age discrimination , statute of limitations , degenerative , permanent disability , laches , California workers compensation , writ of review , course of employment , apportionment of disability , petition to reopen