By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. Citations link to lexis.com unless otherwise noted. All bracketed cites link to Lexis Advance. In one of the first panel decisions issued after the implementation of the $100 lien filing fee, a WCAB panel has dismissed several liens...
By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. Citations link to lexis.com unless otherwise noted. All bracketed citations link to Lexis Advance. Highlighting the immediate application of the changes brought by Senate Bill 863, a WCAB panel has concluded that failure to pay...
Here’s the second batch of advanced postings for the March 2013 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2013 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Marriott International...
After going virtually the entire calendar year without a substantive en banc decision, the W.C.A.B. has issue a new opinion which provides significant guidance to the workers’ compensation community in one of the emerging battleground areas that is likely...
LexisNexis recently interviewed newly appointed southern region Associate Chief Judge Ellen Flynn on a warm summer day at her Anaheim Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board office. Judge Flynn had served as Presiding Judge there for 20 years, in addition to...
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL NEWS: States With Low Workplace Nonfatal Injury Rates Have High Fatality...
Here’s the second batch of advanced postings for the February 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. County of Mendocino, PSI, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals...
Note: Lexis.com subscribers can access the links below for the cases . There are many disputed cases where an applicant’s attorney may be successful in proving that an industrial injury occurred or that an employment relationship existed. This in turn will...
Here’s the next batch of advanced postings for the May 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Rafael Tapia,Jr....
Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the June 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Allgreen Landscape...
Here are the publisher's picks for the top noteworthy panel decisions recently reported in the LexisNexis services. The list is based upon feedback from our consultants about current topics and issues that are of interest to the entire workers’ compensation...
Here's a sneak peek of a recent noteworthy panel decision that will be added soon to the LexisNexis services: Liens; Dismissal of Lien for Failure to Appear. WCAB affirmed WCJ’s order dismissing lien claimant’s lien for failure to appear at lien...
FREE ENEWSLETTER; SIGN UP TODAY HERE Here's a sneak peek of a recent noteworthy panel decision that will be added soon to the LexisNexis services: Liens; Medical; Statute of Limitations. WCAB affirmed WCJ’s order disallowing balance of lien claimant’s...
Here’s the first batch of advanced postings for the August 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summary. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Sharon Dunnigan...
Here's a sneak peek of a recent noteworthy panel decision that will be added soon to the LexisNexis services: Medical Provider Networks; Treatment Outside MPN. WCAB, reversing WCJ, ordered that lien claimant take nothing by way of its lien for medical treatment...