By Hon. Robert G. Rassp, Presiding Judge, WCAB Los Angeles, California Division of Workers’ Compensation Disclaimer: The material and any opinions contained in this article are solely those of...
Oakland, CA – Migraine Drugs represented less than 1% of all prescriptions dispensed to California injured workers in 2023 but they consumed 4.7% of workers’ compensation drug payments, a nearly...
COMPLEX EMPLOYMENT ISSUES FOR CALIFORNIA WORKERS' COMPENSATION A new softbound supplement to Rassp & Herlick, California Workers’ Compensation Law 284 pages PIN #0006801214509 For...
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...
Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the June 2016 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases.
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Leo Estrella, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, ACE USA, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Statute of Limitations—Cumulative Injuries—Professional Athletes—WCAB, in split panel decision, affirmed WCJ’s finding that applicant professional baseball pitcher’s 2013 claim against defendants Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants for cumulative injury during period 6/1/93 through 2004, was barred by one-year statute of limitations in Labor Code § 5405, when WCAB panel majority found that applicant knew or should have known of his right to file workers’ compensation claim and suffered disability for purposes of Labor Code § 5412 date of injury more than one year before claim was filed, based on evidence that…
Pamela Mascorro, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Ross Dress for Less, ACE Insurance Company, adjusted by Sedgwick Claims, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Petitions for Removal—Identity of Parties—Dismissal of Party Defendant—WCAB denied applicant’s petition to remove case to itself related to applicant’s 10/22/2009 industrial injury, in which applicant sought dismissal of one corporation as party defendant, so as to leave…