An injured employee’s functional loss of use under Va. Code Ann. § 65.2-503, was appropriately computed by measuring the extent of the employee's impairment before undergoing hip replacement surgery, not after the surgery, held a divided... Read More

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

Generally speaking, in order to qualify for permanent total disability benefits, the Utah employee must show, in relevant part, that he or she has an impairment or combination of impairments that limit the employee’s ability to do “basic work... Read More

By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. In order to understand Contra Costa County v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (Dahl) , 240 Cal.App.4th 746 , 80 Cal. Comp. Cases – [ 240 Cal.App.4th 746 ], it is important to first understand the facts of the case. ... Read More

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 78 No. 8 August 2013 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

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 80 No. 10 October 2015 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... Read More

In Anaya v. Bay Area Carbide , 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, a split WCAB panel affirmed the WCJ’s finding that the applicant, who suffered an industrial injury to his lungs, respiratory system, psyche, and in form of diabetes while employed... Read More

Indicating that permanent total disability is defined as the inability to perform sustained remunerative employment due to the allowed conditions in the claim [Ohio Admin. Code § 4121–3–34(B)(1), emphasis added], the Ohio Supreme Court... Read More

Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the December 2013 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries . © Copyright 2013 LexisNexis. All... Read More

Evidence that an injured employee has returned to work in some capacity, standing alone, does not rebut the presumption of total disability where the uncontradicted medical evidence indicates the employee sustained loss of use to his back that exceeded... Read More

In last month’s blog, we set forth a chronology of the significant case law on permanent disability determinations. The list has been updated and set forth again below: Chronology of Significant PD Rating Cases: 12.7.06 Costa... Read More

The California WCAB, on its own motion, rescinded its prior order in Frazier v. State of California [ 2013 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 365 (lexis.com), 2013 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 365 (Lexis Advance)] affirming the WCJ’s findings and award, and... Read More

A recent case reflects how crucial it is for an evaluating or treating physician to point out all objective medical findings as a result of an industrial injury, and then there has to be a correlation between those objective medical findings and the ultimate... Read More

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the March 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

By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. © Copyright 2014. Excerpted from The Lawyer’s Guide to the AMA Guides and California Workers’ Compensation , 2014 Edition (LexisNexis). Reminder to Calif. Workers' Compensation Judges: You have access... Read More