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5/5:
CA/2:   Newspaper Deliverer as 'Employee' Case Now Certified


5/5:
State Bar WC Section Publishes "SB 899 Glossary / Cases"


5/5:
This Month's VR Article by Alan Leno


5/5:
Oceanside CSI Employee Wins Disability Discrim. Suit


5/5:
Major WC Carrier's Earnings Nose-Dive


5/5:
Nevada Using Lower Comp. Rates to Lure CA Businesses


5/5:
WCAB:   WC Panel Presents Interesting Issue of Treatment Outside MPN


5/5:
CA/4:   Exclusive Remedy Rules Doesn't Preclude Defamation Action


5/5:
US Supr.:   Does Disability Carrier Who Decides Eligibility Have Inherent Conflict of Interest


5/5:
Key Columnist Publicizes Need for PD Increase


5/5:
Technology and Training Keys to Reducing WC Costs


 
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— last weeks' cases —
4/28:
CA/4:   How Long Does Retired Firefighter Have to File Claim?

4/28:
CA/4:   Cost-Sharing Arbitration Clause for Disciplined Employee Unconstitutional

4/21:
CA/5:   Another Blow for Workers' TD - This Time State Employees

4/4:
CA/2:   Widow Denied Life Ins. Based on WC Collateral Estoppel

3/31:
CA/1:   Palm Medical's Jury Verdict Reinstated Against SCIF

 
4/28:
CA/6:   Failure to Argue Due Process at Disability Retirement Hearing Bars Appeal

4/21:
CA/3:   Court Strictly Interprets 104-Week TD Period for Separate Injuries

3/31:
CA/1:   Another DCA Takes Sides on P&S vs. PD Conflict

3/31:
CA/4:   Can Employee's Assault on Customer Be Within Scope of Duties?

3/17:
CA/2:   C&R Release Language Used Against Employee in Civil Action

 
4/28:
CA/5:   Corporate Veil Pierced in Judgment for Failure to Provide WC Insurance

4/28:
CA/2:   Fired Public Employee Can't Sue on Contract Theory

4/4:
CA/4:   Case Throwing Out Arbitration in FEHA Discrim Dispute Certified

3/31:
US/9:   Fed Court Rules Employee Drug Test Violates 4th Amendment

3/17:
Review of Important Case Decisions

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— last weeks' news —
4/28:
PD Increase Bill Passes Key Committee (Video)

4/28:
WCAB's Website on Case Updates Needs Updating

4/14:
Proposed EAMS-Related Regs Changes Posted

4/4:
DWC Posts Amended Proposed WCJ Ethics Rules

3/24:
Summary of Important WC Bills Now Pending

3/17:
Apportionment Bill Passes Senate, Moves to Assembly

2/25:
New Bill Outlaws Profiting from U.R. Process

 
4/28:
The State Fund "For Sale" Rumors

4/14:
Lots of Gripes About Upcoming EAMS, Death of EDEX

4/21:
Are 'Bloggers' Newest Occupational Risk Group?

4/4:
DWC Explains What "First Aid" Really Means

3/17:
Doctors Beg DWC to Reconsider Allowing EDEX to Continue

3/17:
A.D. Nevans Updates on:   New PD Rates, Is UR Mandatory, Adoption of AMA 6th, MPN Problems

 
4/28:
DWC Posts Updated Proposed Treating Doctor and UR Regs

4/28:
Orange County Ins. Agent Charge With Largest WC Fraud Ever

4/21:
Chiro Board Releases Legal Opinion Ok'ing Controversial Procedure

4/21:
Ins. Commissioner Promises Department Will Supervise CIGA

4/4:
Audit of Chiro Board: Horrible Mismanagement

3/24:
Group Calls for Ins. Dept to Start Prosecuting Carriers for WC Fraud

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articles of interest 
   • Print Out the New 2008 Mileage-Expense Form Here

   • New Laws in 2008 Affecting California Businesses
   • TD, Mileage Changes Start Jan. 2008

   • Year End Soc. Sec. Tips & Updates
   • Year End Voc Rehab Wrap Up (by Alan Leno)

   • Special: Using Voc Rehab Experts and Life-Care Planners
   • Special: Proving Up Damages in Overtime Class Actions

   • Guide for Small Business: The Employment Law Maze
   • Claims Examiners:   Read DWC's U.R.'s FAQ's Here

   • Avoiding St./Limitations Employment Law Mistakes
   • How to Rebutt New Rating Schedule

   • Latest Guidelines for MediCare Set Asides
   • IRS Publishes 'Employee' vs. 'Ind. Contractor' Guide

   • Major Study In on Surgery and Back Pain
   • Special: Construction Site Injuries: Many Roads to Liability

   • Special: Using Economists, Life-Care Planners & VR Experts
   • Cal. Labor Fed's Top 10 Things for Workers to Know

   • Top 10 Ways to Screw Up Your Workers' Comp. Case
   • Filing a Complaint with the Audit Unit
   • New Version of DWC's Workers' Comp Guidebook Available!

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commentary 
 03/10:   Are Taxpayers Subsidizing Workers' Comp Carriers?
 01/21:   Should Admin. Dir. Carrie Nevans Be Reconfirmed?

 01/14:   State Fund Audits Didn't Go Far Enough!
 01/07:   New York Times Blasts Republicans for Soc. Sec. Backlog

 01/07:   New Geller Rant:  Malpractice Caps & WC Reform
 10/22:   No Need to Boost PD Rates!

 10/01:   Major Newspaper Urges More Be Given to Injured Workers
 09/17:   Pass SB 936 & DON'T Use SB 899 as Health Care 'Model'

 09/10:   Thoughts on Recent Appellate Ruling on WC Atty Fees
 09/10:   Labor Day Editorial on Effects of SB 899 on Work Force

 09/04:   Can WC Reforms Help With Health Care Plan?
 06/18:   Editorial: Fixing the State Chiropratic Board

 02/19:   Workers' Comp 'Reform': A Complete Hoax! (K. More)
 02/12:   CAAA Prez Speaks Out on Injured Workers' Woes


 01/02:   Defense Atty Requests 'Civility' in Post SB 899 World
 12/04:   SB 899 Author Discusses What Still Needs to Happen

 04/22:   Prominent Def. Atty Questions Money Chart Fairness


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    "It's difficult reconciling an arbitrary TD cut-off date with the constitutional mandate to provide an 'adequate' WC system... and CAAA didn't write the state constitution."
- Comment on 2-Yr TD Cap
    "Simply calling someone an independent contractor, or even having them sign an agreement to that effect, does not make them independent."
- Labor Comm. Bradstreet on Nail Salon & Spa Sweep
    "Why haven't the Department of Insurance and District Attorneys around the state prosecuted a Workers Compensation insurance carrier for fraud?"
- Ray Polly, CA Insurers Fraud Task Force
    "Senate Bill 899 has certainly done the job it was intended to do and that is to put thousands of injured people on Medicaid, Medicare and Welfare." "
- Sam Gold, Injured Worker
    "I didn't put my life on the line in the Middle East so African-Americans could be awarded half of what an Anglo man with the same injury would receive." "
- Milton Jones on SB 1115
    "We have seen frustrated police officers who had faced delays and disruptions to their work life under the regular [workers' comp] system."
- Long Beach POA President on New 'Carve Out' Program
    "The majority of the experts conducting the Rand study's [review of ACOEM non-surgical guides] felt California could do a lot better by starting from scratch."
- Dec '07 Int'l Med Journal
    "Properly submitted [Medicare Set Aside requests] are cleared in an average of 34 days." "
- Herb B. Kuhn, Acting Admin. for CMS
    "If you lose a leg below the hip [at work in California], you'll receive the sixth lowest compensation in the nation."
- G. Stein Editorial for Passage of SB 936
    "Injured workers cannot look to the legislature or courts for any real relief... [I]t will require the election of a [new] governor... not committed to perpetuating the unfairness of the 2004 ... reforms."
- Melvin Witt, June 2007 Retirement Statement
    "Actual wage losses could amount to more than 60% over the 10 years following a work injury."
- RAND Wage-Loss Study
    "[It's a] huge victory in protecting the successful reforms to the workers' compensation system."
- Governor's Reaction to Brodie Opinion
    "[The state's] benefits are lower than even states with much lower standards of living, including Arkansas, Iowa and Mississippi."
- 6/07 S.D. Union-Tribune
    "Based on the record...there is overwhelming evidence that the...adjustment factors...of the new PDRS...are inconsistent with...Labor Code 4660..."
- Boughner Decision
    "Oh, please. Bring back voc rehab!"
- Adjuster's Reaction to Confusion Over Which New Form to Submit
    "California is back on track, thanks to the successful reforms to our [wc] system made 3 years ago... Our broken... system was a poison to our economy."
- Governor's 3-Yr. Anniversary Message for SB-899
    "Finding a way to hire a lawyer is the most important issue facing... injured workers today due to the [2003-2004 WC reforms]..."
- Brief For New A.A. Fees
    "The workers' comp. environment in California has experienced a metamorphosis over the past few years, changing a historically unprofitable line of business into an appealing and profitable [one]..."   - '07 A.M.Best Report
    "Def. attys need to understand that app. attys are struggling...and perhaps getting less in fees doing more work. App. attys need to understand that... def. atts... are getting more edicts from our clients, less per hour... with less staff..."   - Def. Atty
    "I'm not going into insurance or finance. I'm just not interested."
- Former Ins. Committee Chairman Vargas (before accepting job with Safeco Insurance)
    "I question whether the system now in place is... (what) the people...or legislators had in mind when the reform bill was passed..."
- Former WC Presiding Judge Dietterle
    "The reduction in permanent disability... is socially and politically unacceptable for all parties, including employers."
- Def. Atty Clifford Sweet

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