Feb 27, 2021 California COVID Claim Filings Continue to Increase. By Brenna Hampton Are COVID claims in California going up or down? CWCI has done an analysis showing the massive increase in filings through the end of...
Feb 26, 2021 “If you don’t choose a day off, your body will do it for you.” By Hanna Brophy Especially during unusual times. It is important to open windows of complete restoration of mind and body. Saturdays are the one day a...
Feb 26, 2021 AB 334 - Expanding Skin Cancer Presumption By Rameneh Torres Assembly Bill 334 was introduced in order to expand the skin cancer presumptions, specifically to include Peace officers who are...
Feb 26, 2021 CA Senate Bill Aims to Provide Healthcare Workers With a Presumption That Nearly All Common Injuries Arose Out of and in The Course of The Employment By William Davis Sen. Cortese has introduced Senate Bill 213 to create a set of rebuttable presumptions that injuries that develop or manifest in a...
Feb 26, 2021 Introduced Senate Bill 284 Expands the PTSD Presumption for Specified Firefighters and Safety Officers By Jeannette Herrera Senate Bill 284, introduced by Senator Henry Stern on February 1, 2021, seeks to amend Section 3212.15 of the Labor Code. Section...
Feb 26, 2021 Ag Company Owner, Daughter to Serve Six Years for $2.5M Fraud Scheme By Michael Mazzoni Being a practicing workers' compensation attorney in the agricultural rich Fresno and Central San Joaquin Valley area, we frequently see...
Feb 25, 2021 The Active Tectonics of Prop 22 and AB5 By Hanna Brophy Perhaps in an appropriate parallel to California's geological impermanence, Prop 22 and AB5 continue to collide like tectonic plates. But...
Feb 25, 2021 Bill Seeks to Sneak in Prohibiting Apportionment to Age and Genetic Characteristics, Possibly Eliminating Apportionment to Degenerative Conditions By William Davis Sen. Steven Bradford, (D-Gardena) has introduced Senate Bill 788 to prohibit considering race, religion, sexual orientation and other...
Feb 25, 2021 Another Great Webinar Today on Cal/OSHA ETS and AB 685 By Michael Mazzoni My colleague Jeannette Herrera and I gave another webinar this morning on the ever-changing Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards, the...
Feb 25, 2021 Starting a Step Ahead By Hanna Brophy Getting off to a good start is nowhere more important than a workers' compensation case. A solid checklist can make sure nothing falls...
Feb 25, 2021 California Medical Provider Network? By Kelly Hamilton A Statewide Medical Provider Network? This is what is being proposed as part of AB 1465 which has recently been introduced. My take as...
Feb 25, 2021 AB 404 Would Require Annual MLFS Update By Michael Mazzoni Don't like fighting with your QME about their billing? Do you get a $10,000 QME bill and wonder how and why it happened? Well you may be...