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Conviction for Felony Is Required to Bar Psychiatric Injury Claim: Cal. Comp. Cases Advanced Postings (9/8/2016)
Posted on 9 Sep 2016 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the September 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... Read More

Tags: injury aoe/coe , statute of limitations , preferred provider organization , permanent disability , liens , Conclusive Presumption of Permanent Total Disability , cumulative injuries , WCAB Jurisdiction , professional athletes , brain injury , final orders , petitions for reconsideration , Commission of Felony , Removal to WCAB

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

Two Injuries Found Inextricably Intertwined: Cal. Comp. Cases Advanced Postings (8/31/2016)
Posted on 1 Sep 2016 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the September 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... Read More

Tags: lien claims , Apportionment , Injuries AOE/COE to Psyche , permanent disability , Permanent Total Disability , good faith personnel actions , copy services , registration requirements , Ex Parte Communications , final orders , petitions for reconsideration , medical-legal procedure

California EAMS: Tips for Filing Petitions for Reconsideration
Posted on 25 Jun 2010 by Colleen Casey

Electronic filing of documents has provided an opportunity for the WCAB to revamp their rules on Petitions for Reconsideration. Failure to follow these rules may result in denial of your argument, or worse, the imposition of sanctions. AD Rule §10561... Read More

Tags: california workers' compensation , Electronic Filing , CA Division of Workers' Comp News , EAMS , petitions for reconsideration