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California: Tribal Sovereignty: The Appeals Board Revisits the Five Factor Analysis Set Forth in Miami

California: Tribal Sovereignty: The Appeals Board Revisits the...

By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board It is well-settled law that federally recognized Indian Tribes have...

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California: Nunes II

California: Nunes II

By Hon. Robert G. Rassp Disclaimer: The material and any opinions contained in this treatise are solely those of the authors and are not the opinions of the Department of Industrial Relations, Division...

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California: Depositions of Injured Workers

California: Depositions of Injured Workers

By Hon. Robert G. Rassp, Presiding Judge, and Hon. Clint Feddersen, Workers’ Compensation Judge (This article is excerpted from California Workers' Compensation Discovery (LexisNexis).) Disclaimer...

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The Grand Bargain & Presumptions: Are Some Workers More Equal Than Others?

The Grand Bargain & Presumptions: Are Some Workers More Equal...

By Richard B. Rubenstein, Esq., Livingston, NJ Will COVID-19 Presumptions and IARC Monograph#132 Be Game-changers? The original Grand Bargain of workers’ compensation played no favorites: All...

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California Compensation Cases August 2023

California Compensation Cases August 2023

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 88, No. 8 August 2023 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...

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California: Nunes and the Path Forward: The Use of Vocational Evidence in Determining Permanent Disability and Apportionment

California: Nunes and the Path Forward: The Use of Vocational...

By Hon. Marguerite Sweeney, Former Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board In the recent en banc decision Nunes v. State of Calif, DMV (2023) 88 Cal. Comp. Cases 741 , the...

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CWCI: California Workers’ Comp Independent Medical Reviews Increased in First Half of 2023

CWCI: California Workers’ Comp Independent Medical Reviews Increased...

Oakland, CA – A new California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) review of the Independent Medical Review (IMR) process used to resolve California workers’ comp medical disputes...

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California Compensation Cases July 2023

California Compensation Cases July 2023

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 88, No. 7 July 2023 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...

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California: Precursor to Nunes En Banc Similarly Rejects the Concept of Vocational Apportionment

California: Precursor to Nunes En Banc Similarly Rejects the...

By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board The workers’ compensation community has been abuzz since the...

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A Guide to Understanding Workplace Violence and Florida Workers’ Compensation

A Guide to Understanding Workplace Violence and Florida Workers...

By Richard T. Fuerst and Robert J. Grace, Jr., Bleakley Bavol Denman & Grace, Tampa, Florida I. Introduction Workplace violence is a disturbing issue that can have severe consequences for employees...

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