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August 27, 2020

Minnesota: Chiropractor's Delay in Intervening Results in No Payment for Medical Services Rendered

Where a Minnesota chiropractor received a notice indicating that he had the right to file an intervention request in a workers' compensation claim -- the chiropractor had provided some $9,000 in medical service to the claimant -- but who took no action to intervene...
February 09, 2020

Illinois: Medical Care Providers May Not Reach Workers’ Compensation Settlement Proceeds

Enactment by the Illinois Legislature of the 2005 amendments to the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act, specifically 820 ILCS 305/8, and the enactment of a new section 8.2 did not alter the important underlying policy in Illinois — that workers’ compensation benefits...
April 30, 2018

California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (4/30/2018)

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 83 No. 4 Apr 2018 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 Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE © Copyright...
November 16, 2012

California: W.C.A.B. Provides Teeth to Lien Litigation

After going virtually the entire calendar year without a substantive en banc decision, the W.C.A.B. has issue a new opinion which provides significant guidance to the workers’ compensation community in one of the emerging battleground areas that is likely...
September 26, 2012

LexisNexis Interview: Associate Chief Judge Ellen Flynn, California Division of Workers’ Compensation

LexisNexis recently interviewed newly appointed southern region Associate Chief Judge Ellen Flynn on a warm summer day at her Anaheim Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board office. Judge Flynn had served as Presiding Judge there for 20 years, in addition to...
February 10, 2012

Lien Claimant’s PQME Reports Admitted Into Evidence: Cal. Comp. Cases February Advanced Postings (2/10/2012)

Here’s the second batch of advanced postings for the February 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. County of Mendocino, PSI, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals...
February 21, 2012

The Passive Beneficiary: When Can an Applicant’s Attorney Be Paid From a Lien Claimant’s Recovery in California?

Note: Lexis.com subscribers can access the links below for the cases . There are many disputed cases where an applicant’s attorney may be successful in proving that an industrial injury occurred or that an employment relationship existed. This in turn will often...
June 14, 2012

Wife Entitled to Reasonable Value of Home Health Care Services for Injured Husband: Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (6/14/12)

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the June 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Allgreen Landscape...