In August 2023, our case brief addressed the panel decision of Marva Smith v. Solar Turbines, Inc., ADJ12010500, involving a vexatious applicant.  In Smith, the

In Spencer v. Oakland Unified School District, ADJ13057141, May 16, 2024, Order Denying Reconsideration, the applicant, a school principal, suffered a psychiatric injury when a

WHITE v. CITY and COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 2023 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 129 Applicant alleged a work-related cumulative trauma (CT) injury to the

In the intricate realm of workers’ compensation law, where fairness and due process are paramount, a recent case before the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SCOPE OF A COMPROMISE AND RELEASE  In Jaime Estrela v. Permanente Medical Group 2023 WL 6061161 (Cal.W.C.A.B.), the Workers’ Compensation Appeals

In Gerald Zelnik v. Office of Statewide Health Planning,[1] the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board confirmed that defendants have a right to assert a good faith

In Rose Jones v. Regents of the University of California (10/31/23) 2023 Daily Journal D.A.R. 281, the Court of Appeal for the Fourth district of

Can a vocational expert’s opinion on apportionment supersede and/or replace medical apportionment determined by a treating or evaluating physician for the purposes of total permanent

The recent panel decision, Marva Smith v. Solar Turbines, Inc., ADJ12010500, reads like a crime thriller novel with a dizzying, whirlwind of conspiracy theories postulated

“If you throw a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will hop right out. But if you put that frog in a pot