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...
Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the May 2016 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases.
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Ramonda Walker, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Petrochem Insulation, Inc., Ace American Insurance Company, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
WCAB Jurisdiction—Employment Relationships—Contract for Hire—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s finding that WCAB did not have jurisdiction over applicant asbestos mechanic’s claim for 8/8/2014 industrial injury that occurred in Utah, even though applicant belonged to California-based union and claimed that employer’s headquarters was located in California, when WCAB found that, because applicant never worked in State of California, California jurisdiction over applicant’s industrial injury claim pursuant to Labor Code § 5305 could be established only by showing that applicant’s employment contract was made in California, that, based on laws of contract formation, employment contract is formed at…
San Diego Imaging, Inc., dba California Imaging Solutions, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Cuyamaca Construction, Inc., State Compensation Insurance Fund, Michael Hill, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Petitions for Reconsideration—Dismissal—Lack of Verification—WCAB dismissed petition for reconsideration because it was not verified as required by Labor Code § 5902, when WCAB found that…