Order in the Court
There is a legitimate question as to the criteria used to determine whether a decision by the Workers’ Comp Appeals Board should simply be a panel decision, a significant panel decision, or an en banc decision. The WCAB has the unenviable task of being charged with making sense out of mandates from the Legislature that too often fail to grasp the scope of changes it makes and how those changes must be reconciled throughout the Labor Code. Get an intelligent and realistic take on the situation from Mark Webb.