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Appeals Board Defers Apportionment Decision, Awaits Supreme Court

The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has designated the decision in Caryl Erickson v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Permanente 9 WCAB Rptr. 10,034 [WCAB Nos. POM246580 and POM246582} as a Significant Panel Decision. In this case the Appeals Board as deferred the issue of the calculation of the amount of the permanent disability indemnity due to … Read More »

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News Digest 1/15/2007

Nurse Cites Purported Constitutional Right to Pain Avoidance A suit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by a registered nurse against the acting director of … Read More »

California Appellate Court Workers’ Comp Decisions

By Hon. Douglas M. Moore, Jr. Associate Publisher of Appeals Board Reporter (sister publication of Workers’ Comp Executive) Former Chairman of Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board As the year draws to a close, there has been a flurry of decisions by California appellate courts in 63 cases originating in the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. The Appeals … Read More »

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News Digest 10/6/2006

Arkansas Appeals Court Rules for Wal-Mart The Arkansas Court of Appeals upholds the state Workers’ Compensation Commission’s decision to deny benefits to a Wal-Mart worker who claimed she injured her … Read More »

Chairman Miller: 13 Months And Still Loving The Job

On the job for just over a year, Workers’ Comp Appeals Board Chairman Joseph Miller says this is still the best job he’s ever had. But does he find anything frustrating? “Nothing. I must tell you, I get up every morning excited about working here. I love the people here, including the other commissioners and … Read More »

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News Digest 7/17/2006

Colorado Appeals Court Countenances Horseplay The Colorado Court of Appeals rules that a bakery worker who experienced wrist and hernia injuries after slipping while pretending to kick a coworker can … Read More »

WCAB: New PD Schedule Applies to Pre-2005 Injuries

The Workers’ Comp Appeals Board in an en banc decision has ruled that the revised Permanent Disability Rating Schedule not only applies to injuries that occur on or after January 1, 2005 but to injuries that occur prior to that date unless one of the exceptions in Labor Code 4660(d) applies. The case is Elizabeth … Read More »

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