Position paper presented at CSIMS 2024 by Hon. Robert G. Rassp, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Friends Research Institute (friendsresearch.org) Disclaimers: The opinions expressed in this article...
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 89, No. 8 August 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...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board The June 13, 2024 edition of the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation...
LexisNexis has selected some of the top “noteworthy” panel decisions issued by the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board during the period January through June 2024. The first...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board It is well understood that the California Insurance Guarantee Association...
Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the November 2015 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases.
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Cynthia Crawford, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, PSI, State Compensation Insurance Fund, adjusting agency, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Medical Treatment—Utilization Review—Time Deadlines—WCAB, in split panel decision, affirmed WCJ’s finding that defendant timely issued utilization review denying majority of applicant’s treatment requests, including shoulder surgery, pursuant to 8 Cal. Code Reg. § 9792.9.1, when WCAB panel majority found that, although utilization review decisions generally must issue within five business days from date request for authorization is received, time may be extended under 8 Cal. Code Reg. § 9792.9.1(f) if claims administrator or utilization review reviewer is not in receipt of all information reasonably necessary to make determination, that in this case...
Antonia Guillen, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Leoncio Ricarte, Jr., Lucila Ricarte, State Farm California Workers' Compensation Claims, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Employment Relationships—Residential Employees—WCAB denied applicant’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits on grounds that applicant had not worked for homeowners for at least 52 hours in 90 calendar days before claimed date of injury, 8/16/2014, as required by Labor Code § 3352(h) for residential employees to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, when WCAB found that…