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 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 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 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...
Aug 12, 2022 DWC Announces Return to In-Person Walkthroughs By Jerry Koo The DWC will start accepting in-person Walkthrough Documents at all District Offices except Eureka starting September 6th. At that time,...
Aug 03, 2022 Pending COVID Presumption Extension Bill, AB 1751, Conflicts With SB 1127 By Edward Hummer Two workers' compensation bills currently working their way through the California Legislature contain potentially conflicting language...
Jul 12, 2022 Even Actors Can Be Subject to Workers’ Compensation Fraud . . . By Kelly Hamilton According to People magazine, Q'orianka Kilcher has been charged with two felony counts of workers' compensation fraud. Ms. Kilcher...