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The Second District Court of Appeals has reversed a W.C.A.B. award of psychiatric injury for an employee with less than 6 months employment and in doing so has provided valuable additional guidance on the criterion for meeting the statutory exception...

The Second District Court of Appeals has reversed a W.C.A.B. award of psychiatric injury for an employee with less than 6 months employment and in doing so has provided valuable additional guidance on the criterion for meeting the statutory exception...

The Commission affirmed a 2-1 award imposing a 50% safety penalty for a safety foreman who intentionally carried a 100-pound bag on a 40 foot ladder contrary to a company safety rule to require three-point contact while using a ladder. The claimant argued...

Claimant is a chiropractor physician who maintains his office as the company owner, and states on a day the office was closed he fell from a six foot ladder while changing a light and injured both shoulders. Claimant stated that he didn’t want to...