According to a recent University of California Irvine study, scientists predict that with increasing temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns associated with client change, the incidence of human coccidioidomycosis...more
On January 13, 2020, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB or Board) issued an en banc affirmation of its July 31, 2018 Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration and gave the California Administrative Director of the...more
In Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America v. WCAB (CIGA) (Filed 9/18/19; Certified for Publication 10/2/19), the Court of Appeal for the 2nd District of California determined that in a workers’ compensation policy the...more
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the grand bargain underpinning the workers’ compensation system does not envision paying indemnity for medical appointments taking place without temporary disability. Renee Skelton v....more
In Wilson v. State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the WCAB held that multiple factors must be considered by a court making a determination whether an injury is catastrophic and qualifies for an...more
In City of Petaluma v. WCAB and Lindh, (A153811, Filed 12/10/18), the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, rejected Applicant’s claim that apportionment of permanent disability may not reflect a previously...more
On January 23, 2017, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued its first en banc decision since April 2016. In Bradley Maxham v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, ADJ3540065, the Board clarifies...more
On October 28, 2015, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six, published its opinion in Margaret Batten v. Long Beach Memorial Hospital, B260916, in which it determined that a self-procured medical-legal report...more