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California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (5/4/2014)
Posted on 5 May 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 79 No. 4 April 2014 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: statute of limitations , attorney's fees , disability retirement , vicarious liability , negligence , employment relationship , civil actions , special employers , California workers compensation , uninsured employers , equitable estoppel , qualified medical examiners , public employees , general employers , exclusive remedy rule , subsequent injuries , equitable tolling

California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (1/4/2014)
Posted on 4 Jan 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 78 No. 12 December 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... Read More

Tags: medical treatment , disability retirement , Jurisdiction , California workers compensation , death , professional athletes , public employees , exclusive remedy rule , power press , prescription drugs , reasonable value of services

Missouri: Appeals Court Remands Retaliation Claim by State Employees
Posted on 13 Apr 2012 by Martin Klug

State employees at the Missouri Department of Mental Health claimed they were harassed, intimidated, coerced and punished for pursuing worker's compensation cases and sought money and equitable relief. The circuit court found the plaintiffs could... Read More

Tags: Martin Klug , Missouri Court of Appeals , retaliation , Discrimination , employer , strict construction , harassment , public employees , Missouri workers compensation , sovereign immunity , workers' Compensation claims

California Workers’ Comp Case Roundup (8/6/2015)
Posted on 6 Aug 2015 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 80 No. 7 July 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 ISSUE... Read More

Tags: filing fee , activation fee , Cal PERS , Constitutionality , disability retirement , liens , California workers compensation , reinsurance , insurance policy , public employees , Death Benefits , assignment

Termination Due to Fiscal Reasons as Insufficient Basis to Deny LC 4850 Benefits: Cal. Comp. Cases May Advanced Postings (5/13/2015)
Posted on 13 May 2015 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the fourth batch of advanced postings for May 2015 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes. © Copyright 2015 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. City... Read More

Tags: statute of limitaions , California workers compensation , course of employment , police , arising out of employment , public employees , utilization review , cumulative trauma injury

California: Top 25 Noteworthy Panel Decisions (July–December 2014)
Posted on 31 Dec 2014 by Calif. WCAB Noteworthy Panel Decisions Reporter

LexisNexis has picked the top “noteworthy” panel decisions issued by the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board during the period July through December 2014. You’ll find many helpful cases in this list, including a recent... Read More

Tags: valley fever , salary in lieu of benefits , odd lot , Temporary Disability , sanctions , new and further injury , independent bill review , medical treatment , statute of limitations , dismissal of claim , IMR , Apportionment , permanent disability , attorney's fees , liens , IBR , AMA Guides , Jurisdiction , compensable consequence injury , insidiuous disease , California workers compensation , prescription medication , cumulative injury , UR , MPN , professional athletes , expedited hearings , modified work , Top 25 noteworthy panel decisions , Medical Provider Networks , public employees , utilization review , Death Benefits , alternative employment , petition to reopen , telephonic therapy , psychiatric injury , six month employment requirement , failure to prosecute , independent medical review

Workers’ Compensation Centennial 1911-2011- California: Justice, Equality and a Decent Life
Posted on 16 Mar 2011 by David Bacon

In 150 Years, San Francisco Bay Area Working Families Have Made Progress, But Still Fight for the Same Goals In the hundred and fifty year history of workers in the San Francisco Bay Area, the watershed event was one that happened 70 years ago –... Read More

Tags: general strike , Health Insurance , unions , Workers’ Compensation Centennial , teachers , strikes , farm workers , public employees , San Francisco , David Bacon , public workers

Union Battle Draws 70,000 Protestors
Posted on 2 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Why the workers' comp community should pay attention to the Wisconsin union standoff The Fight For / Against Unions "The End of Unions?" That's the headline grabber at The Globe and Mail , a Canadian news agency, which reminds... Read More

Tags: layoffs , collective bargaining , workers' compensation reforms , unions , public employees , Wisconsin

Workers’ Compensation Centennial 1911-2011- California: Justice, Equality and a Decent Life
Posted on 25 Aug 2011 by David Bacon

In 150 Years, San Francisco Bay Area Working Families Have Made Progress, But Still Fight for the Same Goals In the hundred and fifty year history of workers in the San Francisco Bay Area, the watershed event was one that happened 70 years ago –... Read More

Tags: Health Insurance , unions , Workers’ Compensation Centennial , teachers , strikes , farm workers , public employees , David Bacon , public workers

Missouri: Appeals Court Remands Retaliation Claim by State Employees
Posted on 13 Apr 2012 by Martin Klug

State employees at the Missouri Department of Mental Health claimed they were harassed, intimidated, coerced and punished for pursuing worker's compensation cases and sought money and equitable relief. The circuit court found the plaintiffs could... Read More

Tags: Martin Klug , Missouri Court of Appeals , retaliation , Discrimination , employer , strict construction , harassment , public employees , Missouri workers compensation , sovereign immunity , workers' Compensation claims

NY: Gov. Signs 83 Bills Into Law
Posted on 2 Aug 2010 by workerscompensation.com

New York, NY (CompNewsNetwork) - Governor David A. Paterson signed 83 bills into law including legislation that will increase consumer protection by requiring the disclosure of rebates on purchases to consumers, and prohibit the manufacture and sale of... Read More

Tags: lung disabilities , firefighters , Health Insurance , public employees

CA: Governor Signs Bill on Public Employees Leaves of Absence
Posted on 16 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

SACRAMENTO, CA - Governor Schwarzenegger has signed the following bill: AB 586 by Assemblymember Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco) - Workers' compensation: employees of the City and County of San Francisco: leaves of absence. The Legislative Council's... Read More

Tags: california workers' compensation , leaves of absence , Legal Developments , salary in lieu of temporay disability benefits , public employees

CA: Assembly Passes Public Safety Cancer Presumption Bill
Posted on 4 Jun 2010 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

SACRAMENTO, CA - On June 2, 2010, the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 2253, which would provide that the cancer presumption for public safety workers (firefighters, police, etc.) would be extended to such workers following termination of service... Read More

Tags: california workers' compensation , Legal Developments , cancer , public employees

WI: Gov. Signs Legislation to Protect Public Service Workers
Posted on 13 May 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Madison, WI (CompNewsNetwork) - Governor Jim Doyle today signed into law two bills that will protect firefighters, police officers and other public service workers and their families. The first bill, Senate Bill 520, requires that municipalities pay health... Read More

Tags: health insurance premiums , Public service employees , police officers , firefighters , public employees