CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 89, No. 7 July 2024 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...
Havanis v. Calif. Dept. of Transportation (Board Panel Decision) By Hon. Colleen Casey, Former Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board I. Medical apportionment is not the...
By Robert G. Rassp, author of The Lawyer’s Guide to the AMA Guides and California Workers’ Compensation (LexisNexis) Disclaimer: The material and any opinions contained in this treatise are...
Oakland, CA – Private self-insured claim volume in the California workers' compensation system fell 9.5% in 2023, producing the biggest year-to-year decline in private self-insured claim frequency...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No matter the source of your media consumption, it seems that the topic...
In the just-issued Wilson v. Kohls Department Store (Board Panel Decision), the WCAB adopted most of the WCJ’s Report and Recommendation, but it omitted adopting the heavy critique of Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation v. WCAB (Fitzpatrick) (2018) 27 Cal. App. 5th 607, 83 Cal. Comp. Cases 1680, and Applied Materials v. WCAB (2021) 64 Cal. App. 5th 1042, 86 Cal. Comp. Cases 331. Most notably, the WCAB adopted the following analysis:
Specifically, the correct interpretation of law regarding DFEC rebuttal for dates of injury on or after January 1, 2013 is as follows:
Reminder: Panel decisions are not binding precedent.