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...

The Office of Administrative Law has approved the DWC regulations related to the medical-legal evaluation program. Of importance are the...

A unanimous panel of Commissioners Dodd, Schmitz, and Razo has issued a decision in the case of Glick v. Knight Transportation Holdings,...

Hanna Brophy is thrilled to be a part of "The Sweet Success of Risk Management" at the PARMA 2023 Conference, taking place in Sacramento,...

The DWC announced that effective January 1, 2023, the mileage rate for travel in all workers' compensation cases, regardless of date, is...

Hanna Brophy is pleased to announce the promotion of Nina Prestigiacomo to Partner. Nina joined the firm as an Associate Attorney in 2015...

In a recent case, Schaan v. Jerry Thompson and Sons, the Board reiterates the Wilson analysis for whether an injury is "catastrophic"...

The DWC has announced that the State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) increase by 5.15924% this past year.  Based upon this, the minimum and...

In a news release today, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced its Emergency Regulation (8 CCR 46.3) for medical-legal...

On September 29, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1127 into law.  The rules become effective as of 1/01/2023.  SB 1127 changes...

In the first eight months of the year, the DWC and DIR Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers.  There are 86 providers with...

Independent Medical Review (IMR) is the process by which an injured worker may seek to overturn an adverse utilization review...