Appeals Board panel revisits Hardesty By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board One of the first lessons learned...
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By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board The medically related intricacies of a California workers’ compensation...
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By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Appeals Board panel decisions that rescind a WCJ’s decision and...
Here’s the fifth batch of advanced postings for the May 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers, PSI, administered by Carl Warren & Company, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Alvin Harper, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Cumulative Trauma—Labor Code § 5500.5—WCAB Jurisdiction—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s finding that applicant suffered cumulative industrial injury to numerous body parts while playing professional football for defendant Tampa Bay Buccaneers and other football teams from 3/8/95 through 2/2001, and that Tampa Bay Buccaneers had liability pursuant to Labor Code § 5500.5, even though Tampa Bay Buccaneers did not employ applicant during last year of stipulated cumulative trauma period and applicant played only one game in California while playing for Tampa Bay, when WCAB found that…
Linda Harris-Boyd, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Northwest Airlines, Inc., Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Injury AOE/COE—WCAB held that applicant flight attendant sustained injury AOE/COE on 3/16/2005 to cervical spine, thoracic spine, right shoulder, right upper extremity, left upper extremity, both lower extremities, headaches, sleep difficulties…
Permanent Disability—Rating—WCAB awarded applicant 91 percent permanent disability, after apportionment, plus life pension, based on applicant’s testimony, opinions from…
Peter Levenets, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Inter-Con Security, Arch Insurance Company, adjusted by Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Injury AOE/COE—WCAB held that applicant security guard did not meet burden under Labor Code §§ 3202.5 and 5705 of proving he sustained claimed industrial injury to his circulatory system on 5/10/2012, with opinions from agreed medical evaluator or otherwise, when WCAB found that…
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