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Neutral Risk Doctrine Applied to Render Claim Compensable: Cal. Comp. Cases March Advanced Postings (3/14/2012)
Posted on 14 Mar 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the next batch of advanced postings for the March 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. Kyong... Read More

Tags: liquor store , neutral risk , Case Law Developments , WCAB , arose out of employment , California , California workers compensation , new and further disability , substantial evidence , Death Benefits , medical reports

Res Judicata Barred Petition to Reopen for New and Further Psychiatric Disability: Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (6/7/12)
Posted on 7 Jun 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the second 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. Laura... Read More

Tags: final order , Case Law Developments , attorney's fees , California workers compensation , writ of review , course of employment , new and further disability , medical evidence , psychiatric injury , res judicata , security guard

California: Appellate Court Broadly Interprets Labor Code Section 5803
Posted on 22 Jul 2014 by Richard M. Jacobsmeyer

In a brief and to the point decision, the 2nd Appellate District has reversed a W.C.A.B. decision that had rescinded an award of increased benefits based upon a Petition to Reopen. The case, Benavides v W.C.A.B ., is one of the briefest opinions on a... Read More

Tags: PTP , good cause , rescind award , permanent disability , AME , California workers compensation , primary treating physician , change in condition , new and further disability , agreed medical examiner , petition to reopen , EMG study

No Basis for Apportionment When VR Expert’s Opinion Unrebutted: Cal. Comp. Cases August Advanced Postings (8/22/2012)
Posted on 22 Aug 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the fourth batch of advanced postings for the August 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Giroux... Read More

Tags: Case Law Developments , injury aoe/coe , vocational experts , permanent disabililty , Jurisdiction , California workers compensation , course of employment , apportionment of disability , permanent total disabililty , new and further disability , arising out of employment

Psyche Injury Known to Exist Prior to Issuance of Stipulated Awards Was Not New and Further Disability: Cal. Comp. Cases December Advanced Postings (11/21/2014)
Posted on 21 Nov 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the first batch of advanced postings for December 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: California workers compensation , new and further disability , petition to reopen , psychiatric injury

California Workers' Comp Cases Roundup (4/11/2012)
Posted on 11 Apr 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 77 No. 3 March 2012 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: neutral risk , Temporary Disability , medical treatment , settlement agreement , anti-SLAPP actions , legal malpractice , compromise and release , new and further disability , Privacy , Fair Employment and Housing Act

California Workers' Comp Cases Roundup (4/11/2012)
Posted on 11 Apr 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 77 No. 3 March 2012 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: neutral risk , Temporary Disability , medical treatment , settlement agreement , anti-SLAPP actions , legal malpractice , compromise and release , new and further disability , Privacy , Fair Employment and Housing Act

Res Judicata Barred Petition to Reopen for New and Further Psychiatric Disability: Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (6/7/12)
Posted on 7 Jun 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the second 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. Laura... Read More

Tags: final order , Case Law Developments , attorney's fees , California workers compensation , writ of review , course of employment , new and further disability , medical evidence , psychiatric injury , res judicata , security guard

No Basis for Apportionment When VR Expert’s Opinion Unrebutted: Cal. Comp. Cases August Advanced Postings (8/22/2012)
Posted on 22 Aug 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the fourth batch of advanced postings for the August 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. ... Read More

Tags: Case Law Developments , injury aoe/coe , vocational experts , permanent disabililty , Jurisdiction , California workers compensation , course of employment , apportionment of disability , permanent total disabililty , new and further disability , arising out of employment

Neutral Risk Doctrine Applied to Render Claim Compensable: Cal. Comp. Cases March Advanced Postings (3/14/2012)
Posted on 14 Mar 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the next batch of advanced postings for the March 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. Kyong... Read More

Tags: liquor store , neutral risk , Case Law Developments , WCAB , arose out of employment , California , California workers compensation , new and further disability , substantial evidence , Death Benefits , medical reports

Cal. Comp. Cases May Advanced Postings (5/6/2010)
Posted on 6 May 2010 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here's the second batch of advanced postings for the May 2010 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com users can link to the case summaries. Wesley Harvick, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, State of California, Department of Corrections... Read More

Tags: Case Law Developments , contribution , california workers' compensation , permanent disability , new and further disability