By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board The existence of an employment relationship is the lynchpin of workers’...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board For readers who may not be familiar with the Workers’ Compensation...
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new data showing California's State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) edged down 0.48 percent from $1,650 to $1,642 in the 12 months ending March 31, 2023. As a result...
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 88, No. 11 November 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 Nearly two decades ago Senate Bill 899 was enacted and ushered in a...
Here’s the first batch of advanced postings for the October 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases.
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Tynia Ayers, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, San Diego Unified School District, PSI, administered by York Risk Services Group, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Medical Provider Networks—Location of Provider’s Office—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s finding that applicant custodian who suffered admitted industrial injury to her psyche, internal system, and sleep was not authorized to seek medical treatment from internal medicine and pain management specialist at his Santa Ana office, notwithstanding that this doctor was listed as provider in defendant’s MPN WellComp, when this doctor was listed on WellComp website at his Beverly Hills office only, and WCAB found that…
Florise Newton Chow, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, legally uninsured, State Compensation Insurance Fund, adjusting agent, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Petitions for Writ of Review—Dismissal—Court of Appeal dismissed pro per applicant’s petition for writ of review when petition was filed without…
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