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Split Panel Finds Being Struck by Basketball Was Not Extraordinary Event: Cal. Comp. Cases October Advanced Postings (10/10/2012)
Posted on 10 Oct 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the October 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnote and summary . © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Araceli... Read More

Tags: extraordinary event , sudden and extraordinary , Case Law Developments , Psychiatric Injuries , California workers compensation , basketball , six month employment requirement

California: Court Rules Labor Code Section 3208.3 Burden of Proof Falls on Applicant
Posted on 29 Mar 2012 by Richard M. Jacobsmeyer

The Second District Court of Appeals has reversed a W.C.A.B. award of psychiatric injury for an employee with less than 6 months employment and in doing so has provided valuable additional guidance on the criterion for meeting the statutory exception... Read More

Tags: sudden and extraordinary , WCAB , ladder , California , California workers compensation , Rigoberto Garcia , Richard Jacobsmeyer , avocado picker , SCIF , burden of proof , psychiatric injury

WCAB Not Swept Away by Injured Worker’s Argument for Housekeeping Services: Cal. Comp. Cases August Advanced Postings (8/1/2012)
Posted on 1 Aug 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the first 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 summary. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Sharon... Read More

Tags: lien claim , sudden and extraordinary , Case Law Developments , Psychiatric Injuries , California workers compensation , collateral estoppel , housekeeping services

Airplane Head Injury, Zone of Danger, Sudden and Extraordinary: Cal. Comp. Cases January Advanced Postings (1/15/2014)
Posted on 15 Jan 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the January 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: sudden and extraordinary , fibromyalgia , special risk exception , zone of danger , Apportionment , head injury , permanent disability , Jurisdiction , California workers compensation , going and coming rule , expert witness , forum selection , six-month employment rule , Medical Provider Networks , psychiatric injury

California: Court Rules Labor Code Section 3208.3 Burden of Proof Falls on Applicant
Posted on 29 Mar 2012 by Richard M. Jacobsmeyer

The Second District Court of Appeals has reversed a W.C.A.B. award of psychiatric injury for an employee with less than 6 months employment and in doing so has provided valuable additional guidance on the criterion for meeting the statutory exception... Read More

Tags: sudden and extraordinary , WCAB , ladder , California , California workers compensation , Rigoberto Garcia , Richard Jacobsmeyer , avocado picker , SCIF , burden of proof , psychiatric injury

WCAB Not Swept Away by Injured Worker’s Argument for Housekeeping Services: Cal. Comp. Cases August Advanced Postings (8/1/2012)
Posted on 1 Aug 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the first 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 summary. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Sharon... Read More

Tags: lien claim , sudden and extraordinary , Case Law Developments , Psychiatric Injuries , California workers compensation , collateral estoppel , housekeeping services

Split Panel Finds Being Struck by Basketball Was Not Extraordinary Event: Cal. Comp. Cases October Advanced Postings (10/10/2012)
Posted on 10 Oct 2012 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the October 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnote and summary . © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Araceli... Read More

Tags: extraordinary event , sudden and extraordinary , Case Law Developments , Psychiatric Injuries , California workers compensation , basketball , six month employment requirement