by (May 14, 2021)
It seems as if just yesterday, a little over a year ago in March 2020, our state shut down during the unprecedented coronavirus crisis that permeated the globe. As businesses, offices, schools and stores shut…
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by (May 12, 2021)
California Labor Code Section 4600 provides “[m]edical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, and hospital treatment, including…medicines…that are reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of his or her injury shall be provided…
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by (April 27, 2021)
EDITOR’S UPDATE 4/29/2021: The day after Bradford & Barthel published this blog, it was revealed that state lawmakers had amended Assembly Bill 1465 to remove the requirement to create a statewide MPN by 6/30/2022. Instead,…
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by (April 22, 2021)
In today’s COVID environment, many employers have provided a large degree of flexibility for their employees to work from home or, alternatively, return to the office on a part-time basis. Many businesses are now reopening,…
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by (April 21, 2021)
Technological hurdles have complicated the settlement walk-through process during the pandemic, but there are ways to avoid them and get settlements approved. WCAB offices have been closed for over a year. The lack of in-person…
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by (April 16, 2021)
Most professionals working within the California workers’ compensation system for any period of time are familiar with the fact asbestos claims may continue well beyond the usual five years after which the WCAB will typically…
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by (March 18, 2021)
The Division of Workers’ Compensation has submitted a controversial set of amendments to the Med-Legal Fee Schedule that could take effect on April 1, 2021. The Office of Administrative Law still must approve the fee…
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by (March 2, 2021)
It’s that time of year again… AUDIT SEASON! We have spent the better part of a year in what seemed to be a neverending shut down of most state, local and federal government directed entities…
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(February 28, 2021)
by Patrick C. Gorman – Bob Dylan astutely observed “The Times They Are a-Changin,” and we have seen tremendous refashioning of the modern workplace since March 19, 2020. Businesses have been forced to make difficult decisions,…
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by (February 27, 2021)
Sometimes cases get out of control. You find yourself facing a workers’ compensation claim, civil allegations, a Labor Code 132a assertion, a serious and willful claim. What a mess! A global settlement is often the defendant’s best alternative. Got…
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