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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Here’s the first batch of advanced postings for the April 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases.
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Forward Air, Inc., Great West Casualty Company, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Paul Eugenio Feliciano, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Permanent Disability—Rating—Vocational Expert Evidence—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s finding that applicant/warehouseman incurred 100 percent permanent disability as result of industrial amputation of left foot to mid-calf and consequential psychiatric injury, based on opinion of applicant’s vocational expert that applicant could not return to work or undergo vocational rehabilitation due to his orthopedic and psychological conditions, when WCAB found that…
Michelle Hallie, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Pacific Bell and Telephone Company (AT & T successor in interest), PSI, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Injury AOE/COE—Substantial Medical Evidence—WCAB, reversing WCJ, held that applicant/customer service representative did not suffer compensable cardiovascular injury in addition to stipulated cumulative internal, orthopedic, and psychiatric injuries, when WCAB found that…
Permanent Disability—Rating—Sleep Impairment—WCAB, reversing WCJ, held that applicant customer service representative did not suffer separate, ratable sleep disorder/insomnia in addition to stipulated cumulative internal, orthopedic, and psychiatric injuries, when only evidence on causation of sleep disorder was…
Thomas Hewko, D.C., Legal Service Bureau, Petitioners v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, J. P. Gergen Construction, Mid-Century Insurance Company, Hector Pasillas, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Lien Claimants—Sanctions—WCAB imposed sanctions under Labor Code § 5813 and 8 Cal. Code Reg. § 10561 of $1,500 to be paid into General Fund and $1,650 in costs and attorney’s fees to be paid to defendants’ attorney, against petitioners/lien claimants who provided medical treatment for applicant’s 2002 industrial injury or represented lien claimants, when WCAB found that…
City of Anaheim, PSI, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Joel Willis, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Injury AOE/COE—WCAB held that applicant city police officer sustained cumulative trauma injury AOE/COE from 6/2/1994 through 8/14/2007 to his psyche (including insomnia), hypertension, gastro-esophageal reflux disease, and irritable bowel syndrome, based on opinions that applicant sustained injury AOE/COE from agreed medical evaluators in psychiatry and internal medicine, when WCAB found that…
Maria Gallardo, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Barrett Business Services, Inc., PSI, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Injury AOE/COE—WCAB held that applicant did not sustain injury AOE/COE from 10/4/2008 through 2/4/2010 to neck, low back, left knee, left upper extremity, head, or psyche from…
Petitions for Reconsideration—Verification—WCAB dismissed applicant’s petition for reconsideration of its decision that applicant sustained injury AOE/COE on 10/30/2009 to…
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