VIII Waiting for Minnear
It was only a matter of time. At some point, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) was going to issue an opinion that was going to touch off a controversy. …
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VII The Trouble with Law Is Lawyers. (Clarence Darrow)
It is no secret that we are now adrift in the wake of intense acrimony created by the too-well-funded campaign by California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA) efforts to undermine SB …
VI Take This Job – Please
One of the more significant changes to Californias workers compensation laws over the past several years has been an entirely different approach to return-to-work. Given the RAND wage loss data …
V Medical Cost Controls— We Have Met the Enemy, and They Are Doctors
Control of medical costs in California’s workers’ compensation system is not a new problem. For more than a decade at least, legislators have tried to figure out how to balance …
IV Governing Wisely from Arden Way
2424 Arden Way, Suite 230, Sacramento, California. For most Californians—and for that matter, most Sacramentans, this address means nothing. For some, it may provoke a response, “Is it close to …
III Rate Regulation – Shooting the Messenger
On May 13, 2004, the California Applicant Attorneys Association (CAAA) called for an immediate 25 percent reduction in insurance rates. Only two weeks later, on May 28, 2004, that number …
II The Brave New World of Permanent Disability
The greatest unknown in SB 899 is the new determination of permanent disability. This, along with medical treatment, is one of the two greatest cost drivers in the system. Proponents …
I State Compensation Insurance Fund – Mashed, Baked or Deep-Fried?
The new hot potato confounding public officials is the State Compensation Insurance Fund, the historic quasi-public entity established to meet California’s constitutional mandate to make mandatory workers’ compensation insurance competitive …