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California: Board Panel Grants Applicant’s Request to Self-Administer MSA

California: Board Panel Grants Applicant’s Request to Self-Administer...

In an apparent case of first impression, a Board panel granted an applicant’s petition to modify the terms in a previously approved Compromise and Release (C&R), to allow a change in the administration...

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California Compensation Cases May 2023

California Compensation Cases May 2023

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 88, No. 5 May 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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The Impact of Climate Change on Workers and Employers: The California Experience

The Impact of Climate Change on Workers and Employers: The California...

By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board In 2022 there were 7,490 wildfires in California. They burned 362,455 acres...

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Temporary Workers’ Employment and Income Risks After Workplace Injuries

Temporary Workers’ Employment and Income Risks After Workplace...

By Christopher Mahon Should temporary workers be treated separately under workers’ compensation law due to additional employment and income risks they may incur after workplace injuries? A new study...

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California: No Ex Parte Communication with AME by Family Member

California: No Ex Parte Communication with AME by Family Mem...

Here's a noteworthy panel decision where a family member conveyed essential information to the AME on behalf of the injured employee. The Lexis headnote is below. CA - NOTEWORTHY PANEL DECISIONS...

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CWCI Spotlights Low-Volume/High-Cost Dermatologicals, Opioids & Antidepressants

CWCI Spotlights Low-Volume/High-Cost Dermatologicals, Opioids...

Oakland, CA – Part II of a California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) research series on low- volume/high-cost drugs used to treat California injured workers identifies three Dermatological drugs...

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California: When QME in One Specialty Defers to Other Specialties

California: When QME in One Specialty Defers to Other Specia...

Here’s a noteworthy panel decision in which the Appeals Panel ordered additional panel QMEs. Read our headnote below. CA - NOTEWORTHY PANEL DECISIONS Copyright 2023 by Matthew Bender & Company...

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CWCI Report Provides A Detailed Look at California WC Medical Dispute Resolution

CWCI Report Provides A Detailed Look at California WC Medical...

Oakland, CA – As state lawmakers debate legislation that revisits the California workers’ compensation medical dispute resolution process, a new California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) Report...

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California: Permanent Disability Rating and Pyramiding

California: Permanent Disability Rating and Pyramiding

Here’s a noteworthy panel decision on permanent disability rating and pyramiding. Read our headnote below. CA - NOTEWORTHY PANEL DECISIONS Copyright 2023 by Matthew Bender & Company, Inc...

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California: Burden of Proof in COVID-19 Injury AOE/COE Case

California: Burden of Proof in COVID-19 Injury AOE/COE Case

Here’s a noteworthy panel decision in which the WCAB rescinded the WCJ’s decision in a COVID-19 injury AOE/COE case, where the COVID-19 presumption of injury did not apply. Our case headnote...

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