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"...
Nov 17, 2022 2023 Temporary Disability Rates Announced by DWC By Kelly Hamilton The DWC has announced that the State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) increase by 5.15924% this past year. Based upon this, the minimum and...
Oct 20, 2022 California DWC extends Telehealth Regulations thru January 18, 2023 By Brenna Hampton In a news release today, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced its Emergency Regulation (8 CCR 46.3) for medical-legal...
Oct 12, 2022 Analyzed: The Complexities of Newly Enacted SB 1127 and School Safety Officers By Jeannette Herrera On September 29, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1127 into law. The rules become effective as of 1/01/2023. SB 1127 changes...
Sep 29, 2022 It's Been a Busy Year for the DWC and DIR Anti-Fraud Unit By Kelly Hamilton In the first eight months of the year, the DWC and DIR Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers. There are 86 providers with...
Sep 01, 2022 Defendants MAY appeal adverse IMR Determination By Brenna Hampton Independent Medical Review (IMR) is the process by which an injured worker may seek to overturn an adverse utilization review...