by (October 6, 2022)
A key component in the life of a workers’ compensation case, and the ability of the defense to develop critical discovery and glean a better understanding of the claimed injury, apportionment to other factors, as…
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by (September 29, 2022)
The Law Offices of Bradford and Barthel LLP is expanding its role as the leading workers’ compensation defense firm in California and Nevada with the opening of a new location in Bakersfield, Calif. While the…
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by (September 28, 2022)
A recent WCAB panel decision stating that the “executive order” presumption did not apply to a probation officer’s alleged Covid-19 infection is worth taking note of, according to one of the leading legal research services…
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by (September 13, 2022)
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (more commonly known as “HIPAA”) celebrated its twenty-fifth birthday on Aug. 21, 2022 and, like any 26-year-old, it’s just starting to get good. HIPAA was originally intended to…
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by (September 12, 2022)
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, how we interact with the DWC district offices has been, and continues to be, significantly impacted. This went well beyond how we attended hearings, but also how proposed settlements could…
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by (September 12, 2022)
Join Eric Hunter and John P. Kamin from the Law Offices of Bradford & Barthel for a brief discussion of how law firms of all shapes and sizes should plan their strategic investments in technological…
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by (September 9, 2022)
California lawmakers sent a smorgasboard of smaller workers’ compensation bills to the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom, and he will have until the end of September to sign or veto them. Two of the most…
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by (September 8, 2022)
It’s important to remember that when defending against pure psyche claims, that defendants in the workers’ compensation system have a plethora of defenses to raise against them. A vigorous defense against pure psyche claims involves…
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by (August 17, 2022)
Despite what you may have heard, it’s been well-established for years that an employer representative can sit in on the deposition of an applicant, thanks to a well-known panel decision on the topic. In the…
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by (August 16, 2022)
Covid-19 has made several obvious changes to the workers’ compensation system that we are all familiar with by now, from far fewer in-person hearings to almost every deposition being conducted virtually. However, one area of…
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