LV Outraged
If déà vu were an occupational disease, most of us would be on workers’ compensation. On March 28, the Assembly Insurance Committee will hear the latest, largely irrelevant data from …
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LIV Keep It Simple, S—–
That strange odor you may smell from the general direction of Sacramento is a deal cooking on increasing permanent disability benefits. Consistent with the way workers’ compensation issues have been …
News Digest 3/7/2007
House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Walter Reed Key witnesses call for a thorough overhaul of the Army’s disability retirement system during a House Oversight and Government Reform national security subcommittee …
News Digest 1/25/2007
Permanent Disability Payments Those in the know in Sacramento expect fireworks and change in the permanent disability rating schedule. Premium subscribers can find out which politicos and carriers are behind …
News Digest 10/16/2006
Temporary Total Disability Rate for 2007 to Increase The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced that the California maximum temporary total disability rate will increase to $881.66 on Jan. …
Temporary Total Disability Rate For 2007 To Increase
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced that the California maximum temporary total disability rate will increase to $881.66 on Jan. 1, 2007, marking the first year the rate will be affected by a change in the state average weekly wage, under Labor Code Sec. 4453(a)(10). The state average weekly wage is the average …
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Welcher Kicks Apportionment To Supreme Court
Turning current precedent on its head, the Third Appellate District just ruled that permanent disability is apportioned by subtracting the previous percentage of disability from the current level of disability, instead of the dollar amount of benefit awards as determined by other courts. The case, Welcher v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, Hat Creek Construction, Inc. …
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SB 815 Heads To Governor’s Desk
Working into the evening, the California Senate approved by 23 to 14 SB 815, a bill doubling permanent disability benefits to injured workers by 2009. Little or no thought is given to the costs imposed on the system by this huge benefits increase. And successful litigation by the applicants’ attorneys will increase the costs even …
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