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California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (2/5/2017)
Posted on 5 Feb 2017 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 82 No. 1 Jan 2017 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: Medicare , California Insurance Guarantee Association , workers' compensation insurance , California workers compensation , CIGA , disability discrimination , anti-SLAPP , litigation privilege , FEHA , Fair Employment and Housing Act , fair report privilege

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

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 79 No. 3 March 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: claims handling , workers' compensation insurance , attorney's fees , civil actions , California workers compensation , products liability , brokers , FEHA , Fair Employment and Housing Act , Service-Connected Disability Retirement , Qualfied Medical Evaluator , utilization review , preconception liability , subsequent injuries , independent medical review

California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (6/5/2017)
Posted on 5 Jun 2017 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 82 No. 5 May 2017 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: rescission , employer's misrepresentations , workers' compensation insurance , Apportionment , permanent disability , third party actions , misclassification , insurance policies , medicare secondary payer , exclusive remedy rule

Bad-Faith Failure to Pay Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Posted on 15 Mar 2017 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Supreme Court of Oklahoma addresses “crafty gamesmanship” We have asked our expert in Oklahoma, Jacque Brawner Dean, Esq., at Jacque Brawner Dean Law, PLLC , about the recent decision in Meeks v. Guarantee Ins. Co . In that case, the Supreme... Read More

Tags: workers' compensation insurance , Oklahoma workers compensation , Bad Faith , refusal to pay

Medical Costs Impact Workers’ Compensation Premiums Less Than Widely Believed
Posted on 14 Mar 2014 by John Stahl

It’s the Labor Market, Stupid A significant flaw regarding how many experts have analyzed factors that determined the economic costs of workers’ compensation insurance coverage was that these professionals limited their scope to the long... Read More

Tags: workers' compensation insurance , economy , medical fee schedules , unemployment , Workers' Compensation Research Institute , pill mills , WCRI