In addition to renumbering and reorganizing the rules of practice and procedure for ease of use for attorneys, insurers, injured workers, and the like, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s (“WCAB”)… read more »
Two New En Banc Decisions Establish Analytic Framework to Determine “Catastrophic Injury” under Labor Code Section 46601.(c)(2)(B) & Rebuff Defendant’s Challenge to the Court’s Authority to Do So
On May 10, 2019, and July 15, 2019, the WCAB issued en banc decisions regarding whether an applicant’s injury could be deemed “catastrophic” pursuant to Labor Code Section 4660.1(c)(2)(B) and… read more »