Flash Report: Escobedo Appeal Goes Down

In a desperate attempt to reverse the new apportionment statutes, the applicants bar has met defeat again before the Second District Court of Appeals. The appellate court, this morning, denied the applicants attorneys petition to challenge an earlier Workers Comp Appeals Board ruling (Escobedo v. Marshalls) on the basis that the new apportionment statute discriminates against the older workers.The ruling leaves in place the decision reached earlier this year by WCAB confirming the legi