Aug 02, 2023 WCAB Mandated to Cease "Grant for Study" By Kelly Hamilton The long awaited Court of Appeal decision has issued with regard to the WCAB's practice of granting reconsideration for further study. ...
Aug 08, 2023 QME Specialty Selection By Kelly Hamilton Today when reading a report from a primary treating physician in a case, I came upon an interesting statement. The doctor had reviewed...
Jul 13, 2023 Celebrating Success: Kamerria Listenbee and Nina Prestigiacomo Achieve Workers' Compensation Legal Specialist Certification By JP Navarro Achieving professional milestones and gaining recognition for expertise are moments worth celebrating. In the legal field, such...
Jul 07, 2023 CA Supreme Court: Employers Not Liable for Home COVID Spread by Their Employees By William Davis The Supreme Court has issued their opinion Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks, Inc. The 53 page opinion can be downloaded at...
Jul 05, 2023 Assessing the Weight of Expertise: Conflicting Views of Vocational Experts and Medical Apportionment Evaluators By Richard Berryhill Vocational evaluation reports obtained by applicants’ attorneys to rebut the rating schedule are not based on objective standards, but on...
Mar 23, 2023 WCAB Rescinds All COVID-19 Temporary Rule Suspensions By William Davis The Appeals Board issued several En Banc decisions in response to the state of emergency brought on by COVID-19. These decisions...
Feb 27, 2023 So You Want to Assert the MPN? PROVE IT. By Kelsey Paddock In the recent case of Claytor v. Latteri, 2023 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 4, the Board revisited what is required to bring an applicant...
Feb 06, 2023 DWC's Medical-Legal Evaluation Regulations Approved By Kelly Hamilton The Office of Administrative Law has approved the DWC regulations related to the medical-legal evaluation program. Of importance are the...
Jan 31, 2023 Panel Decides that "High-Velocity Eye Injury" Does Not Require Direct Injury to Eye In Order to Apply LC § 4656(c)(3(F) Exception to 104-Week TD Cap By Edward Hummer A unanimous panel of Commissioners Dodd, Schmitz, and Razo has issued a decision in the case of Glick v. Knight Transportation Holdings,...
Jan 27, 2023 Hanna Brophy Gets Sweet at PARMA 2023 By JP Navarro Hanna Brophy is thrilled to be a part of "The Sweet Success of Risk Management" at the PARMA 2023 Conference, taking place in Sacramento,...
Jan 09, 2023 New mileage rate for 2023 By Kelly Hamilton The DWC announced that effective January 1, 2023, the mileage rate for travel in all workers' compensation cases, regardless of date, is...
Dec 22, 2022 Promotion of Nina Prestigiacomo to Partner By JP Navarro Hanna Brophy is pleased to announce the promotion of Nina Prestigiacomo to Partner. Nina joined the firm as an Associate Attorney in 2015...
Nov 29, 2022 Psyche Sequelae Not Considered in Analysis of Whether an Injury is "Catastrophic" For Purposes of Psyche PD as a Compensable Consequence By Nathan Geronimo In a recent case, Schaan v. Jerry Thompson and Sons, the Board reiterates the Wilson analysis for whether an injury is "catastrophic"...