The California State Bar states that a convicted attorney did more than just provide bookkeeping services to a workers’ compensation fraud scheme; it also alleges that he provided legal services that furthered the fraud. The Bar maintains that these actions warrant much more than the public warning originally issued and is again asking a State …
The Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking feedback from the workers’ compensation community on draft changes to the rules governing its Electronic Adjudication Management System. EAMS, as it’s known, is the case management system that tracks the approximately 250,000 workers’ compensation cases that are heard in California’s workers’ compensation courts each year. The Division has …
The federal district court in San Francisco granted a third-party administrator’s motion to dismiss an injured worker’s lawsuit on the basis that the California Workers’ Compensation Act bars the claims. The court held that the claimant, Kenneth Montesano, must either take up his claims with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board or seek another avenue of …
The National Council on Compensation Insurance released a study that found there is up to a 40% decline in workers’ comp claim frequency among certain groups of office workers who had access to remote work. The study examined claim frequency from 2019 to 2022 and observed that this group experienced a significantly larger decline in …
A private, post-secondary school will be in court next week, asking a judge to dismiss a negligence lawsuit because workers’ compensation exclusivity preempts it. The case stems from the death of the school’s dean on May 2, 2025, allegedly at the hands of a campus security guard. Cameisha Clark was dean of Spartan College of …
The convicted founder of an illegal workers’ comp scheme has now agreed to plead guilty to tax and disability fraud charges to receive a lesser sentence on these charges. Marcus …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is reporting that the share of workers’ compensation indemnity claims involving a cumulative trauma injury continued to rise throughout 2024 and is now at an all-time high. “There’s no sign of it slowing down,” say WCIRB officials. The Bureau is a private organization with quasi-governmental responsibility. It is financially …
A Tesla mechanic who was injured while working on a robotic arm filed a multi-million-dollar negligence and product liability claim against the manufacturer of the arm and his employer. The plaintiff, Peter Hinterdobler, has open workers’ comp claims pending from the accident. Hinterdobler is suing FANUC America and Tesla, alleging negligence, product liability negligence, strict …