By Hon. Colleen Casey, Former Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Just when you thought the right of “due process” was on the brink of destruction, the legislature...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Over the past several decades California has implemented broad legislative...
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 89, No. 9 September 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 Thomas A. Robinson, co-author, Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law Editorial Note: All section references below are to Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, unless otherwise indicated...
By Hon. Colleen Casey, Former Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board One of the most common reasons evaluating physicians flunk the apportionment validity test is due to their...
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NATIONAL NEWS:
States With Low Workplace Nonfatal Injury Rates Have High Fatality Rates & Vice Versa.
Workers Comp Insurers Spend $1.4B Annually on Opioids, Which Add More Costs, Delays.
WCGuru to Provide Live Blogging at National Workers' Compensation Conference 2012.
STATE-BY-STATE NEWS:
CA: Insurance Commissioner Approves 8.25% Premium Rate Increase.
CA: Insurance Commissioner Announces Bill to Help Fight Insurance Fraud.
CA: DWC Surveys Copy Service Users.
CA: WCAB Adopts New and Amended Rules Relating to Lien Claims.
CA: Jury Awards $520K to Employee Fired for Disability Suffered On the Job.
FL: FWCJUA Committee Recommends $12.25 M Policyholder Dividend.
FL: Claimant's Attorney Tom Hedler Named Rising Star by Super Lawyers.
FL: ADT Security Firm Adds On-Site Health Clinics for Workers and Their Families.
IL: Claimant's Attorney Kim Presbrey Passes Away.
IN: WCB Posts 2012 Self-Insurance Applications and Guidelines.
IA: Governor Vetoes Funding for WCD Chief Deputy Commissioner Position.
LA: Governor Signs HB 931 E-Filing of Injury Reports.
MI: Accident Fund Celebrates 100 Years of Services.
NE: WCC Notes Error in Medical Fee Schedule Effective 6/1/2012.
NY: NYCIRB Revises Tables of Excess Loss Pure Premium Factors Eff. 10/1/12.
NC: IC Announces EDI Trading Partners Training Dates.
OR: Lou Savage Appointed Oregon Insurance Commissioner.
OR: WCD Seeks Advisory Committee Members Re Rulemaking on EDI; Medical Bill Data.
OR: WCD Seeks Advisory Committee Members Re Disability Rating Standards Rules.
OR: DCBS Posts 1Q 2012 Workplace Fatality Report.
PA: Insurance Dept Levies $16.8M Fine Against AIG Re Premium Taxes, Assessments.
SC: WCC Sends Mediation Rules to General Assembly for Approval.
TX: DWC Finalizes Health Care Providers Pain Management (Opioid) Plan-Based Audit.
TX: High Court Upholds Substantial Verdict for Terminated Injured Worker.
WV: Governor Announces $2.7M Savings in Workers Comp Premiums.