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WCAB Enforces Rehabilitation Unit Determination That Became Final: Cal. Comp. Cases April Advanced Postings (4/12/2012)
Posted on 12 Apr 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the April 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Risk Enterprise Management... Read More

Tags: final order , Case Law Developments , repeal , rehabilitation unit , vested right , vocational rehabilitation , California , mootness , dismissal , California workers compensation , petition for reconsideration

California: A Post-Mortem on Dubon
Posted on 31 Oct 2014 by McCarthyRob

By Rob McCarthy Maurice Abarr wants to set the record straight about what happened leading up to the Dubon II en banc decision earlier this month. He got the chance Saturday at a Van Nuys panel discussion, hosted by Lawworm.com Inc. Maurice is the... Read More

Tags: back surgery , Dubon II , IMR , mootness , California workers compensation , UR , change of material fact , Maximus , utilization review , Dubon , independent medical review

Applicant Precluded From Reopening Psychiatric Claim: Cal. Comp. Cases July Advanced Postings (6/29/2016)
Posted on 30 Jun 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: cardiovascular , statute of limitations , presumption , mootness , removal , California workers compensation , police , Psychiatric Claim , medical report , QME , industrial causation , petition to reopen , Evidence

Manifest Destiny: Maryland Court Expands Commission Jurisdiction Pending Appeal
Posted on 28 Apr 2011 by Lance G. Montour

By Lance G. Montour, Partner, Humphreys, McLaughlin & McAleer, LLC The above case, Sanchez v. Potomac Abatement, Inc., et al., ___ Md. ___, ___ A.3d ___ (April 27, 2011) , is a dangerous new case concerning retained jurisdiction by the Commission... Read More

Tags: Pressman v. State Accident Fund , permanent partial disability , mootness , Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission , Sanchez v. Potomac Abatement , Jurisdiction , appeal

WCAB Enforces Rehabilitation Unit Determination That Became Final: Cal. Comp. Cases April Advanced Postings (4/12/2012)
Posted on 12 Apr 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the April 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Risk Enterprise... Read More

Tags: final order , Case Law Developments , repeal , rehabilitation unit , vested right , vocational rehabilitation , California , mootness , dismissal , California workers compensation , petition for reconsideration