A recent Board panel decision has rescinded a trial-level decision in Pantoja v. Jack in the Box; CIGA for Castlepoint National Insurance Co., ADJ9104101 (SLO),

In the case of Joseph Mayor v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (W.C.A.B.) (2024) 104 Cal.App.5th 713, filed August 28, 2024, the Court of Appeal has

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